I like the series about the signs of inns. The first English pub I ever visited was "The Bishop's Finger", in Canterbury. Do you know why this name? I think it exists also in other places.
Bishop's Finger was a nineteenth century term for a type of signpost shaped like finger and correctly known as a fingerpost. Fingerpost then became the slang term for a parson because he pointed the way to Heaven but didn't necessarily follow the way himself.
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I like it, because it's a "real" gate, not just painted on a board.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have expected England's gate to be so small - or so crooked! 8-)
ReplyDeleteToo cute! Well, atleast you know where you stand!
ReplyDeleteCute sign and it makes you think about it doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI like the series about the signs of inns.
ReplyDeleteThe first English pub I ever visited was "The Bishop's Finger", in Canterbury. Do you know why this name? I think it exists also in other places.
Bishop's Finger was a nineteenth century term for a type of signpost shaped like finger and correctly known as a fingerpost. Fingerpost then became the slang term for a parson because he pointed the way to Heaven but didn't necessarily follow the way himself.
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