Around here,Bolton UK,pub mames are often known by names derived from the signs hanging outside thus...

The Golden Lion-----------The Brass Cat
Black Swan----------------The Dirty Duck.
Eagle and Child-----------The Bird and Bastard
Dog and Partridge---------Dog and Duck


The above are obvious some are not....

The Kings Arms-----------The Canary(we are in a coal mining area and
                                    the miners had Canaries
Lawsons Arms-------------Three Pigeons(Coat of arms of the Lawsons)

Stanley Arms--------------Sally-up-Steps(Sally was a 19c Landlady)

The last three names have been changed by the breweries from the former to the latter to satisfy us natives.