Chookas

The story I have heard from Joe McCabe is that in england in the olden days, the actors measured their performances on the number of people in the pit. If there was a big paying audience then it meant they would be having chicken for dinner and not bread. So Chookas became an expression for good luck. I am not promising this is completely accurate, but for further information contact Joe McCabe or else Graham Cole from Pinajarra who was writing a book on many of the regular theatre sayings and their meanings. Hope this has been some help. Cheers Christine Ellis