Cheese Log, woodlouse, Chucky pig – which one?
Posted on 29 July 2009 by Ian Batten
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I heard a while back on Radio 1, that Edith Bowman had a friend that referred to a Woodlouse, as a cheese log. When I heard this, I was most confused, as I’d never heard this before and seemed like a rediculous name. A Google search didn’t bring up much either, so I assumed it was a one off thing. However, when watching QI, Steven Fry did in fact talk about Woodlice being called a cheese log.
I’m sorry, but, Cheese log? Can someone PLEASE fill me in as to why a Woodlouse would be called a cheese log?
Then you get those who refer to a woodlouse as a chucky pig, which again, I do not understand. Where the origin on Chucky pig came from I do not know.
For me, it’s a woodlouse. It’s a louse that spends a lot of time around wood – making that name fairly self explanatory. Until these guys turn into log shaped pieces of cheese, my preference will not budge.
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Its a Reading thing!
Hi…We have always called these little creature s’ chuckypigs’ in my house, it came from my dads side of the family who were from Devon….i was the only peron i know of to call them these, and have now passed this down to my kids!
also know of someone that calls them cheese pigs! (also from the west country)
strange….
its a Reading thing, i had no idea they were called anything different!
I have always called them Cheese Logs:) My Grandmother, who is from Dorset and then Berks has always named them thus. My children now call them by this same wonderful name. I’ll have to ask about the reason though!!