Towns/burghs (non-Gaelic Scotland from the 12th century or so Keep in mind that even in the only Scottish culture to have See, for example, the return of "Tigh Leoghann Ban" in the Oct 2001 LoAR. Sign/symbol to indicate who was a brewer, the same one used by allīrewers - specifically, display of an ale-wand).įor all these reasons I expect that the proposed household name in Generic symbols to identify a class of establishment (e.g., a Scotland, although in the (Lowland) towns some businesses did have Note also that having (relatively) unique signs for individualĮstablishments also seems to be something not found in period Would be even further from period practice. Think of them in Gaelic Scotland, so an inn/tavern name in Gaelic Mertymes and Vitsonday forsaid xxiiij s." (1540) įurther, I would be surprised if there were even inns/taverns as we "James Nasmyth for the taberne wndir the tolboicht male of "To Isobell Harp keeper of Walter Chepmannis taveroun for hir Identified, when they needed to be identified, by who they belonged Instead of names, those period Lowland inns/taverns were simply Period - not even late period, Scots-speaking Lowland culture, whichĭid at least have inns/taverns. Knowledge, none of the various cultures had named inns/taverns in Indeed, some period cultures didn't even have inns/taverns.Īnd, as it happens, Scotland is a place where, to the best of my Them not to name it? Named inns/taverns were not universal in To: their inn/tavern has any kind of Scottish persona, and they haveĪn interest in historical plausibility, may I recommend you encourage ( Strong formatting is also not original to the S. Gabriel mailing list, was answering an internal question about whether inn sign names were used in pre-17th century Lowland Scotland and, if so, whether they were the same construction as or very similar to inn sign names in England.Īll additions (and corrections) to these postings are in orange text. ![]() The second posting below, to the Academy of S. ![]() The first posting below, to the SCAHrlds mailing list, was in response to a query about a proposed Scottish Gaelic name for an SCA inn (that is, an inn run at SCA events). Please keep its extemporaneous nature in mind while reading! Note that the article below was originally written as a posting to a newsgroup or mailing list it has not benefited from the same level of research and review as my web articles.
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