The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-01-24
ROMANCE OF INN SIGNS
49,. If the Quaint Legends san .
Be found In EnsianS-


ae Found IN ensiano.
IT.. xoyld indeed seem to be no
Unit 10 the number Of quaint 'lis'
.i1ns in England. At Kings Lynn -
No-,oIt for instance. Is 70 be seen the
x.orost LAWYER. An old painting -
s.stened 10 the wall depicting law
~ carrying his head in his hand 10
nlvinR. of course that no laNAei Z
honest while his head remains on n
.sbo,Idars This Is n variation OF inc
peter known sign OF the Silent Wo
man in which = headless woman =
represented The Three Compasses Is :
treatment sign on French, German an"
Dutch as well as English inns luF
inn Of that name in Grosyenor row,
pimlico was formerly called the SO''
and Compasses.
Others have suggested that the sig
Ia corruption OF the puritanica
nbrase cod encompasseth as. 1ne
GOAT however, may have been INC
ORIGINAL sign. to which mine host aha'
Al his Masonic emblem OF the com
passes-a likely explanation, seeing
that there is a Salmon and CompasseS
at Peterborough.
The sign of the Cat and the Fiddle
IL supposed to have originated WIN
the nursery rhyme:
Hey diddle diddle.
The cat and the fiddle.
Rut other explanations have been Of
fered. One is that it may have orig
mated with certain Cation ndele' q
stanch Protestant, in the reign OF
oueen Mary. and only have been
changed into the cat and fiddle by cor
uption. II this is so 1t must have
lost It's original appellation very early
for In 1859 we fnd Henry Carr, signe
e. the Cate and FidIe in the Old
Chaunge." The Bull and Gate, in
Holborn. at which Tom Jones alighted
when he first came to London, proba'
bly took its name from Boulogne Gate
The Bull and Mouth-a frequent sigh
is a corruption OF BoulognO Mouth
and both no doubt were Intended as
compliments to Henry WILL, who took
Boulogne In 1914 An inn at LANDAU
: once had for Its sign the Cock But
trade getting rather depressed, the
landlord thought he would try the eff.
feet of a new sign. He accordingly
nut M a portrait Of the bishop OF
LANDAU and called the house by thai
name. A rival In the neighborhood
thought he saw his way to make fresh
customers by this change and straight
way altered the sign Of his inn to tht
Cock. with good results. Landlor
No. /, hearing of this, was greatly e1
asperated, and by way Of checkmatine
his adversary he had painted up un-
der the bishops portrait This is the
Old CockT
About a mile outside the little vii
laGe of Tintwistle is an inn bearing
the sign the Shepherd Is Yes
Quiet Man. A former tenant Of the
house, which is opposite the lower end
of Torside reservoir Of the Manchester
waterworks, was Joseph Brownhill
known as the Shepherd OF Wo0dhead
He died In 1889, and his portrait still
hangs in the front room of the Inn
which is locally known as the Quiet
Shepherd. This inn can be seen from
the Great Central main line and Is the
property of Lord Tollemache Of Hell
mingham. Near Prestwich Is the
Same Yet. This was formerly known
as the Seven Stars. but a bygone land.
lord decided to- have his sign reprinted
When the painters asked what they
were to put on the board he replied
Same yet" And they took him al
his word.
At Old Turnford, in Worcestershire
there is sign which represents ne
gro in a tub. Two women in white
aprons and caps are endeavoring to
scrub him white, the whole represent
ing the Labor In Vain. Yet another
in the main street OF Dudley, has for
a sign the Round of Beef, while some
where in the south of England is the
Devil and Bag o. Nails. And with that
feel l must close my list--P. t. O.
Weekly.