Gentleman Turkey

The Far Western description of a turkey cock. George. An inn sign in honour of the patron saint of England. After the Han over i an Succe ion, by which time pictorial signs had for the most part disappeared, and the name alone stood for a sign, the omi ion of the “St” made the sign complimentary to the reigning monarch. Reading of the execution of Charles I., we are told that the ill-fated King handed his “George” to Juxon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who attended him on the scaffold. This was the badge of the Order of the Garter, representing St George on horseback piercing the fallen dragon with his lance.