# "Not my circus, not my monkees:" 'Old' Polish proverb?

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**Created:** [June 10, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-my-circus-not-my-monkees-old-polish-proverb/722171 "2015-06-10T15:01:29Z")\
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I remember hearing it as a kid (early 60s) in Polish, English and some various other languages in the coal fields. Where it was before that? I always assumed Poland because that was what Gramma claimed. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen it in print at all.

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I know it in English as “Not my farm, not my pig.” ETA: I can immediately dig up a 2006 usage of “Not my pig, not my farm.”

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