![]() You don't need to be able to read the word "shoe" to know what this guy does for a living, or this is where you get your boots fixed. Since nobody could read back then, there was no use in making a sign with words on it, rather a proprietor would hang the aforementioned bunch of vines from a pole outside of his or her establishment to indicate "Drink is Sold Here." This is the same concept as a shoemaker suspending a big wooden shoe from a pole outside of his shop. Delderfield in his book, "British Inn Signs and Their Stories." The author relates that the very first sign which indicated some sort of hospitality - eating, drinking, sleeping - was a simple bunch of ivy vines and leaves, this of course being the symbol of Bacchus, the God of Wine. ![]() ![]() The evolution of the inn sign in Great Britain - which includes not only inns, but the public houses, as well - can be traced back to the early Roman times, according to Mr. ![]()
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