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Thread #55554   Message #2395172
Posted By: Sue Allan
22-Jul-08 - 11:58 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Odd pub names
Subject: RE: Folklore: Odd pub names
Two late lamented Cumbrian pubs with odd names: The Heilk Moon (heilk pronounced helk)... which had the sign of a half moon, and the White Quey (quey pronounced why) which is some sort of cow, apparently. Both gone now, sadly.
And the Throstles Nest in my native Wigton is named after the town;s nickname of Throstles Nest (why? no one really knows except that it nestles in a hollow)