FOREWORD
(After a writer of A.D. 1707)
I'm amused at the signs
As I pass through the town,
To see the odd mixtures:
A Magpie and Crown,
The Razor and Hen,
The Leg, Seven Stars,
The Scissors and Pen,
The Axe and the Bottle,
The Tun and the Lute,
The Eagle and Child,
The Shovel, The Boot.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Agricultural 1
Anatomy 3
Animals and Insects 7
Arms (Selected) 11
Astronomical 20
Birds 21
Botany 23
Clothing 28
Colours 29
Compounds—Bells 34
Compounds—Crowns 34
Compounds—Curious 36
Dwelling Places 44
Ecclesiastical 49
Expressions, Phrases, and Proverbs 51
Fish 54
Geographical 55
Golden 61
Silver 62
House and Table 62
Industry and Implements 64
Military 68
Music 70
Nature 72
Nautical 73
New 77
Numerical 79
Old, The 82
People 86
Poetry and Literature 93
Potentates 94
Railways 99
Sports, Games, Pastimes 100
The Most Ancient Inns 104
The Highest Inns 105
Inns with "Gallows" Signs 105
Signs painted by Well-known Artists 105
Inns Famous for Architecture 106
Foreign Café Signs 107
Notes 113
(e) Signifies licence extinct.
(*) Signifies a pictorial sign.
