welvemonth old."

_Reverse side._

"Rest, and regale yourself: 'tis pleasant.
Enough is all the prudent need.
That's the due of the hardy peasant,
Who toils all sorts of men to feed.

"Then 'muzzle not the ox when he treads out corn,'
Nor grudge honest labour its pipe and its horn."

G. H. BILLINGTON.

The following, although not a _tavern_ sign, may be worth preserving. I saw
it under a painting of an ox, which adorned a butcher's shop at Ischl, in
Upper Austria, A.D. 1835:

"Der Ochs besteht aus Fleisch und Bein zum laufen,
Darum kann ich das Fleisch nicht ohne Bein verkaufen."

J. C. R.

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In the parlour of the "Three Pigeons," Brentford, is an old painting, dated
1704, representing a landlord attending to his guests seated at a table in
the open air, with these lines above:

"Wee are new beginners,
And thrive wee would faine;
I am Honest Ralf of Reading,
My wife Susand to name."

Wright, in his _Historia Histronica_, 1699, tells us that--

"Lowin (one of the original actors in Shakspeare's plays), in his
latter days, kept an inn, the 'Three Pigeons,' at Brentford, where he
died very old."

At the "Old Parr's Head," Aldersgate Street, was, in 1825, a sign of an
ancient gentleman, with these lines under:

"Your head cool,
Your feet warm;
But a glass of good gin
Would do you no harm."

The author of _Tavern Anecdotes_, 12mo., 1825, records the following:

_"Rhyming Host at Stratford._

At the Swan Tavern, kept by Lound,
The best accommodation's found--
Wine, spirits, porter, bottled beer,
You'll find in high perfection here.
If, in the garden with your lass,
You feel inclin'd to take a glass,
There tea and coffee, of the best,
Provided is for every guest;
And, females not to drive from hence,
His charge is only fifteen pence.
Or, if dispos'd a pipe to smoke,
To sing a song, or crack a joke,
You may repair across the green,
Where nought is heard, tho' much is seen:
There laugh, and drink, and smoke away,
And but a mod'rate reck'ning pay,--
Which is a most important object,
To every loyal British subject.

In short,
The best accommodation's found,
By those who deign to visit Lound."

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

1. At a public-house near Cambridge, known to the natives of Cambridgeshire
as "Tew-Pot House," formerly kept by one Cooper, there used to be, I cannot
sa