Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Blue and Red

in public-house signs, are heraldic colours, as the Blue Pig, the Blue Cow, the Red Lion, the Red Hart, etc.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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