This article is about the American idiomatic phrase. For the Mojo Nixon album, see Root Hog or Die (album).
Anonymous Pre-Civil War broadside titled "Root Hog or Die".
"Root hog or die" is a common American catch-phrase dating at least to the early 1800s. Coming from the early colonial practice of turning pigs loose in the woods to fend for themselves, the term is an idiomatic expression for self-reliance.
The word "root" is used as an imperative verb, as is "die". The phrase (sometimes rendered with commas after root and hog) can be parsed as, "Root (search for roots to eat), hog, or [you will] die."
(1985) Get Out of My Way! (1986) Frenzy (1986) Bo-Day-Shus!!! (1987) RootHogorDie (1989) Unlimited Everything (1990) Solo Otis (1990) Whereabouts Unknown...
featured at least one duet with her, and/or she provided backing vocals. "June Carter Cash in the 1930 US Census", Root dig, March 2007, archived from the original...
Maryland. Porcellino was the subject of the 2014 full-length documentary, RootHogorDie. The film, produced by Dan Stafford of Kilgore Books & Comics, was...
Heave Dat Cotton", William Shakespeare Hays (1877) "Root, HogorDie", Dan Emmett (c. late 1840s or early 1850s) "Rosa Lee" "Sad to Leave Our Tater Land"...
Morton; Charles K. Wolfe (1993). "Chapter 10, They Turned Me Loose to RootHogorDie". Deford Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music. Oxford University...
(1985) Get Out Of My Way! (1986) Frenzy (1986) Bo-Day-Shus!!! (1987) RootHogOrDie (1989) Unlimited Everything (1990) With Action Andy and the Hi-Tones...
York Tribune advised it was now time for Southern Republicans to "root, hog, ordie!" (that is, to take care of themselves). During the 1876 United States...
American Folk Songs on Commercial Records', Library of Congress, 1940", RootHogorDie, September 24, 2012.) "A Rare Interview with Harry Smith", Sing Out...
in the thick of the civil rights struggle."—Nathan Salsburg, host, RootHogorDie, East Village Radio, January 2007. Susanne's Folksong-Notizen, excerpts...
Razorback and wild hog are Americanisms applied to feral pigs or boar–pig hybrids. A feral pig is a domestic pig that has escaped or been released into...
the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example...
The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot...
The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: swine) orhog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig...
also be used as a mop sauce while the hog is cooking). The coleslaw served with eastern-style uses mayonnaise (or whipped salad dressing) almost universally...
In addition, the case has also been made that crates make it easier for hog farmers to monitor individual sow health and administer vaccines as needed...
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