We call course, cheap cigars “stogies”. In the days of American slavery, plantation owners had the slaves break sticks the length of the foot. The sticks, called “stogas,” were bundled & shipped to factories up north to make cheap boots. Later, cheap cigars, also sold in small bundles, acquired the name.
Back in the 16th century, when high heels were first introduced & rapidly gained popularity, English clergymen saw evil in the sensuous stilts. So they induced Parliament to pass a law, which read in part: “Any woman who, through the wearing of high heels, leads a subject of His Majesty into marriage, shall be punished by the penalties of witchcraft.” A century later, the law crossed the Atlantic & went into effect in Massachusetts, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. The message wasn’t lost. In 1963, Nationalist China’s defense minister decreed that women in the armed forces could no longer wear high heels off duty. Read the decree in part: “Soldiers in high heels appear more suited for love than war.”