Susie Dent
👤 Speaker
224
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No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
Did not have the name.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
The best theory that I know is that actually it originated amongst the costamongers of London who sold costards, which were these sort of sour apples.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
And they would want to talk about their deals in a coded shorthand that other people couldn't understand.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
But it was also banter.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
It had this sort of playful element to it.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
But they do draw, quite a lot of them do draw on those kind of basic sort of food stuff that they sold at the market.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
Yes, big Latin in a way.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
I spoke to a couple of butchers and they literally would be sent home to learn stuff for the next day.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
And they talk about their customers.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
Yeah, it was it was I loved it.