Romeo and Juliet: Act II, Scene II
What's in a name? That which we call a PIG by any other name would smell so bad?
The bikeway has a new name. The Peabody Independence Greenway. Yes. You read it right. The new bikeway is going to be called THE PIG.
The Salem News: Peabody's new bikepath now has a name
Now, no offense to the middle schooler(s) who entered names into the contest... I am blaming the geniuses who chose this name over, oh say, Tanner Bikepath?
Also... you may enjoy reading some interesting comments at the Salem News site.
8 comments:
OG says...
OG doesn't like the name...it's too damn long!! and I say that not to offend the kid who sent the suggestion in but rather to question those who made the final name selection. Why can't we do anything right?
Beats the hell out of me.
I say this partly in jest and partly in truth. West Peabody is where most of the bike path is is it not? West Peabody and South Peabody had lots of pig farms so why not pay tribute to the past by calling it the PIG.
I like the name - or actually the acronym - of the new bike path. Most of Peabody was once pig farms so why not a P.I.G. bikeway? The student who named it may just as well had this in mind. Bikers can ride the pig. Lovers will be makin' bacon. Oh the fun we can have with this. Oink!
Whogaf , I think you might have meant getting rid of the " bacon" as it is mostly fat. Most hogs raised in this area were garbage fed and were considered bacon hogs . I can remember the garbage had to be cooked. The trucks had a series of pipes on the floor and steam was sent through them to do the cooking. It was done to prevent tricanosis. [Sorry for the misspelling but I'm in a rush] If you were caught not cooking you couldn't sell a hog for some time as a penalty. The inspectors would go on a farm and look at the peels of oranges and other fruits and vegetables to verify if you were cooking or not. They would come to a farm at unexpected and various times. You'd be surprised how many of the farmers couldn't sell their pigs as they would have wanted to. Back when I was a kid the price of hogs was 20 cents a pound at the Brighton market. When one traveled into Peabody they were two things to endure over the line from Lynnfield . The city dump adjacent to Rte. 128was almost always on fire and the smoke would cross 128. Once past that you had the smell of the piggeries along 128 down to the area of the Pilgrim Nursing Home on the opposite side of the highway. At that time there was a signal light at the area of the nursing home. So much for history from this old man who was working as a garbage man with a twenty gallon barrel on his shoulder. Ask any old timer if they remember the garbage men of my day.
PIGPIGPIGPIGPIGPIGPIG.....I love it. Awesome name. Think about it. All the signage could have a PIG symbol on it. We could all ride the P.I.G. Isn't it about time we retired Tanny? Or couldn't we go walk The P.I.G. Or even, I just ran The P.I.G. I rode The P.I.G. The P.I.G is a mess and needs a little maintanence. I can't believe the Dark Crusadors of Dark City don't like it. It's totally up your alley.
Anon:
Thank you for that very interesting recounting of the days of piggeries in Peabody.
I truly love to hear about what life was like here in the recent and far past. I have a love of history and find too many here in the City of Peabody are too quick to dispose of the past.
And while I am NOT a fan of stagnation, I feel selectively saving/restoring the most important parts of our past, and remembering and celebrating those times gone by, is an important part of our duty as citizens.
Please feel welcome to add your remembrances here ANYTIME!
Thanks again!
To P.I., I thank you for allowing me to share my memories of way back when. In South Peabody there were the John Krockmal,Sancho Domingoes and Henry Paulino and John DeAlmedia who had pig farms . At the Paulino farm it wasn't all that uncommon to have had 3,000 pigs on the farm from new born to full grown swine. Along old Summit Ave. out to to 128 there were the Pais, Nicola, and Perry pig farms along with a few names I can't remember. They all worked hard and deserved every penny they made I can still remember old Henry saying " Every dogs has his day" in his Portuguese accent. With whats going on today I can't say he was far from wrong in some of our current instances. He and Sancho Domingoes ,as I understand it,were brothers . John Krochmal moved to Tewksbury and continued to raise pigs but I'm so sure if the farm is in operation now or not.
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