Collecting Pub Names, part 2

An odd bit of word play I engage in from time to time is collecting words.  Here is the second portion of my collection of pub names which I gathered during a one-month trip through England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales in 1999.  You can read the first portion and an introductory letter in Collecting Pub Names, Part 1.  Reading over these lists again, I want to study the origins of pub names.  For example, why is the word “arms” used so much?  One of my favorites from this portion of the list is The Coventry’s Arm’s Free House.  I like the two possessives in a row.  As a garden-guy, I also like The Slug and Lettuce.

A person could collect all kinds of words, from book titles, to puns, to misused adverbs one hears on television, to words with four syllables or more, to names that begin with Q, to, well, anything, really.  Consider treating yourself to a new notebook and beginning your own word collection.

The Frothblowers Arms, The Cloisters, The White Heart, Queen’s Arms, The Tollgate, The Wilton, Horse and Grooms, Hogshead, Tom Brown’s, The White Horse, The Wheatsheaf, Bell Inn, The Swan Inn, The Pelican Inn, The Oak, The Ludlow Arms, The Longs Arms, The Somerset Arms, The New Inn, Crystal Palace, The Ale House, The Huntsman, The Oliver Free House, Swan Inn, The March Hare Inn,  The Coventry’s Arm’ s Free House, The French House Inn, The Flyford Arms, The Red Hart Inn, The Bull’s Head, The Stage, Thatch Tavern, Quill and Parchment, The Salmon Tail, The Slug and Lettuce, The Oaklands, The Beehive Ale House, The Ermine, The Egerton Arms, Northgate Arms, Bull and Stirrup, Liverpool Arms, The Pied Bull, Scruffy Murphy’s, Shropshire Arms, The Coach and Horses, Albion Inn, Bear and Billet, Watergate Inn, Redesdale Arms Inn, Bay Horse Inn, Fox and Hounds, The Bun Inn, The Errington Arms, The Big Jug, Traveler’s Rest, Horse and Jockey, The Royal Oak, Lamb and Flag, Antiquity Hall, The Albion, The Wharf House, The Castle Tavern, Woodstock Arms, The Black Bull, Old White Lion, The Kings Arms, The Fleece, New Inn, The Cross Roads, Worth Valley Inn, Great Northern, Hope and Anchor, King’s Head, The Grinning Rat, The Lord Rodney, Rob Roy’s, The Star, Friendly Inn, Wagon and Horses Inn, Bay Horse Inn.

About literarylee

I sling words for a living. Always have, always will. Some have been interesting and fun; most not. These days, I write the fun words early in the morning before the adults are up and make me eat my Cream of Wheat.
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