get one's goat

[Carl W. Thiel]

In regard to sports teams having goat mascots, I imagine the 
presence of goats in a stall kept a horse calmer for some reason.

I wonder also if adopting a goat for good luck was society's way 
of "making up" for the biblical bad rap of the poor "scape-goat."

cwt
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