"Winter’s First ‘Norther’ Meant It Was Hog-Killing Time"
Wed, 05/07/2014 - 14:08
News Staff
So, if the family doing the “hog-killing” on that day is small, it is likely and traditional that extended family and/or neighbors join in the all-day procedure. Usually, the reward (other than a lunch provided by the host family and supper if the job is large and long) is a package of meat from the slaughter of the day. Occasionally, more than one hog was slaughtered and processed but that was rare.
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