Posted by Ed Kiser on September 06, 2002 at 20:52:13 from 152.163.188.167 user Kisered.
In Reply to: Pull devil, pull baker posted by Jeremy Kriewaldt on September 06, 2002 at 19:33:34:
P64, BIG SIX
Then came the skinning of the eels. This was done by Joe
and Bill together. Joe cut the skin round the neck of an eel.
Bill held its head in a bit of cloth to stop it from slipping
through his fingers. Joe worked round with his knife till he
had loosened half an inch of skin. Then, with another bit of
cloth, he got hold of that and pulled. After a few slips, pull
devil, pull baker, pull Bill, pull Joe, the skin peeled off inside
out like a glove. Then the skinned eel was handed over to
Pete, who did the cleaning, getting rid of the insides of the eel
and the black blood along the backbone, while Joe and Bill
were getting the skin off another.
"Mucketty truck," said Pete, scraping away with his knife.
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Just fleshing out your reference. Good question, as to just
what is that expression referring to...
Ed Kiser, South Florida