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Thread #55554   Message #2394018
Posted By: GUEST,dotty dill
21-Jul-08 - 07:14 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Odd pub names
Subject: RE: Folklore: Odd pub names
Hi all, I wonder if anyone out there has ever encountered a pub called 'The Fool and Child'. I have a print of an 1646 engraving of Wakefield, Yorks. which has beneath it the inscription 'Sold at he Fool and Child' which I would presume would be a tavern of that time. I can find no reference to a pub of this name anywhere. Any ideas?