High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ferret legging, also known as put `em down and ferret-down-trousers, is a sport that seems to have been popular among coal miners in Yorkshire, England.The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English defines it as "an endurance test or stunt in which ferrets are trapped in pants worn by a participant". The male-only contestants put live ferrets inside their trousers; the winner is the one who is the last to release the animals. The world record is five hours and thirty minutes.