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== Literature ==

* ''[[Discworld]]''

** It is frequently mentioned that a popular rural entertainment is a man with weasels (or ferrets) down his trousers. In the novel ''[[~~Discworld/I Shall Wear Midnight|~~I Shall Wear Midnight]]'', there is terrible dissapointment when he doesn't show up for the fair one year.

** It is frequently mentioned that a popular rural entertainment is a man with weasels (or ferrets) down his trousers. In the novel ''[[I Shall Wear Midnight]]'', there is terrible dissapointment when he doesn't show up for the fair one year.

** Also happens in ''[[~~Discworld/The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents|~~The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents]]'' when a highwayman attempts [[Mugging the Monster|to hold up]] the coach carrying said rodents.

** Also happens in ''[[The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents]]'' when a highwayman attempts [[Mugging the Monster|to hold up]] the coach carrying said rodents.

* Ferret legging is popular in the [[Balkanize Me|People's Republic of West Yorkshire]] in [[Charles Stross]]'s ''Singularity Sky''. Owing to a [[Future Imperfect|certain amount of confusion]] as to which traditions belong to which parts of North Britain, they have to seal up their kilts with duct-tape first.

* In ''[[Dragaera|Taltos]]'', Vlad carries baby Loiosh around everywhere with him, tucked into his shirt where it's warm. Luckily, Loiosh is sentient and has the sense to subvert the "uncomfortable squirming" part of this trope.