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This is [[Older Than Print]], going back to the European High Middle Ages. You obviously wanted your pub to have a name, so people can say "Join me at Alice's Tavern," instead of Bob's Tavern down the path. But since literacy wasn't that a big thing back then, just writing "Alice's Tavern" on a sign would likely lead to someone not knowing that you've got a pub here. Instead, you'd paint a picture of, say, a red duck on the sign, and then people could say "Meet me at the sign of the Red Duck."
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* The short story "The Most Precious of Treasures" by Desmond Warzel has The Talking Carp.
* The [[Sherlock Holmes]] short story "The Adventure of the Priory School" has The Fighting Cock Inn.
* The location of [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]]'s ''Tales From The White Hart'', based on [[Real Life]] meeting place for London sf fans, the White Horse.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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