The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97879   Message #1934089
Posted By: GUEST
12-Jan-07 - 05:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Pub Names
Subject: RE: BS: Pub Names
Lot's of myths or near-myths about pub names, like the Elephant and Castle coming from Infanta de Castille, or the Square ond Compasses from the supposed puritan phrase His Care Encompasseth Us. Perhaps The Bulls Head came from Double Zed, the Wheatsheaf from The Witch Heath (as in Macbeth)