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tin-miners' wives or pasty sellers supposedly shouted "oggy oggy oggy" - the response from any hungry miner or labourer would be oi!, oi!, oi!. the chant is also the chorus of a folk song and has always been heard at cornish rugby matches so this seem another possible origin.

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