Author Topic: Pig Sweat (Read 3205 times)

Womble · « **on:** April 08, 2017, 09:17:56 am »

Good people of TAS - could you help me to settle a pub argument please?

Do pigs sweat like pigs?

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2017, 02:36:04 pm »

Pigs don't sweat. That's why they need a wallow.

Eve · « **Reply #2 on:** April 08, 2017, 07:35:04 pm »

Except from the tip of their snout

Womble · « **Reply #3 on:** April 08, 2017, 11:42:47 pm »

Seriously? That's amazing!

I told my friend that I'd never seen a pig sweat before, and he said they must do, or else where did the phrase "sweating like a pig" come from?

And actually, don't you think that's a very good point?

Eve · « **Reply #4 on:** April 09, 2017, 11:37:10 am »

Ah, but where I grew up you sweat like a horse!

And hens do have some saw-like things in their beaks I would refer to as teeth

They do honestly sweat at the tip of their nose, though, just on the flat bit where the nostrils are. Seen it myself - felt it, too

big soft moose · « **Reply #5 on:** April 09, 2017, 09:45:58 pm »

ladies glow, men perspire, and horses sweat

Possum · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2017, 10:00:32 pm »

I'm sure that I've been told that "sweating like a pig" is something to do with pig iron. But I can't remember why.

Has anyone else heard something similar?

Womble · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2017, 10:25:17 pm »

Aha!

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The original expression "sweat like a pig" allegedly comes from smelting pig iron (which sweats as it cools). Pig iron, by the way, is so named because it's shaped in molds that branch off like piglets suckling on a sow.

It never even occurred to me that the phrase might not actually be referring to porcine pigs. Thanks for clearing that up, Possum!

greenbeast · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2017, 10:11:19 pm »

Quote from: Possum on April 09, 2017, 10:00:32 pm

I'm sure that I've been told that "sweating like a pig" is something to do with pig iron. But I can't remember why. Has anyone else heard something similar?

hmm possibly because back in the days of pig iron it would have been bl**dy hard work!

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2017, 09:58:03 am »

This is what I found on the subject...

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=do+pigs+sweat+wikipedia
Pigs do have a few sweat glands, but they're not very useful for temperature adjustment. When the mercury rises on the farm, Wilber wallows in cool water or mud, which has the same evaporation effect as sweating.