Oggy Oggy Oggy other side of the River Tamar. "Oggy" is a slang term for a Cornish pasty, derived from its Cornish name, ""hoggan"", and was used by local Devon and Cornish sailors at the Devonport Dockyard in reference to pasty sellers who once stood outside the gates. The Devonport marines are still associated with the song which they generally sing at public displays. 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
Oggy Oggy Oggy fans in homage to their star striker Peter Osgood. When Margaret Thatcher became British Prime Minister in 1979 a variation of the chant, "Maggie Maggie Maggie, Out Out Out!", was adopted by some of her opponents. The usual form of the chant consists of two groups, one shouting the word ""Oggy!"" and the other group shouting the word ""Oi!"" Often a single individual will shout ""Oggy"" and everyone else will shout the reply, "Oi!". The words are shouted according to the following pattern. One theory for the origin of the chant stems from Cornwall – or rather Devonport just the