"_Please the Pigs_" (Vol. v., p. 13.).--I am inclined to think that this
phrase has more to do with the animate than the inanimate. It is a
common saying in Devonshire "please the _pixies_," or _fairies_, and
this reference is much more likely; as our ancestors were most
particular in their superstitious attentions to the requirements of this
most mischievous fraternity.