The following is a list of odd and unusual English pub names, some of which I recently observed with my own eyes, and the rest of which I made up.
Can you tell which pub name is which?
The prize for the winner: An enormous sense of personal satisfaction.
Okay, here we go. (Unless the prize was an inadequate incentive.)
Which pub names are real, and which ones were made up?
Beginning with…
The Slug and Lettuce
The Goat and Tricycle
The Crown and Penguin
The Pig and Raspberry
The Hairy Lemon
The Bunch of Carrots
The Pen and Tadpole
The Hung, Drawn and Quartered
The Hat and Mackerel
The Pipe and Raisin
The Queen’s Head and Artichoke
The Plough and Head Scarf
The Cat and Custard Pot
The Bull and Spectacles
The Hound and Pencil
The Fish and Bumbershoot
The Ape and Apple
The Swan an Monkey
The Duck and Trousers
The Duck and Trousers
The Answers: When I remember to post them.
Good luck, name guessers.
"The Slug and xx" is a common pub nomenclature. Anything with clothing is made up.
ReplyDeletewg
Here are my guesses. Thank you, Wendy. I tried to follow your hint - but are spectacles an article of clothing (I ask myself)? Is a pipe? I guess not on that one.
ReplyDeleteReal The Slug and Lettuce
Real The Goat and Tricycle
Real The Crown and Penguin
Real The Pig and Raspberry
Not The Hairy Lemon
Not The Bunch of Carrots
Real The Pen and Tadpole
Not The Hung, Drawn and Quartered
Not The Hat and Mackerel
Real The Pipe and Raisin
Not The Queen’s Head and Artichoke
Not The Plough and Head Scarf
Real The Cat and Custard Pot
Not The Bull and Spectacles
Real The Hound and Pencil
Not The Fish and Bumbershoot
Not The Ape and Apple
Real The Swan an Monkey
Not The Duck and Trousers