Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 20:29:40 -0700 
      From: Jens Alfke (jens@MOOSEYARD.COM) 
      Subject: Peppermint Pig -- explained


I've been meaning to post this info for months now, so I've forgotten
some of the details...

Diana & I were paging through some mail-order catalog and came across ...
a peppermint pig! Yes, a little pink miniature pig made of chewy
peppermint candy. Apparently this is a traditional holiday confection
from someplace. I have no doubt that Elizabeth Fraser knows about this
(and perhaps eats them in secret, biting the little heads off first) and
that's where the name of the song came from.

If I could remember which catalog it was, we could all order peppermint
pigs and eat them with athol-brose chasers this Xmas. Cheers!