The Old Dog And Duck - The Secret Meaning of Pub Names
After much research about (and in) pubs, Albert Jack brings together the stories behind pub names to reveal how they offer fascinating and subversive insights into our history, customs, attitudes and jokes. Any regular visitor to the great British pub will delight in knowing the origin of The Royal Oak or the Cat and the Fiddle and here they’ll also learn facts about a diverse range of pub culture from the rules of cribbage to drinking songs and ghost stories.