Bird in Hand pub, Pontllanfraith
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Bird in Hand pub, Pontllanfraith
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 24 May 2011
Viewed from Manor Road. The pub is set back from, and below, Bryn Road. The well-known proverb 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' first appears in print in 1670. Earlier variants include 'Better one byrde in hande than ten in the wood.' On a similar theme, Wycliffe's 1382 translation of the Bible has (Ecclesiastes IX) 'A living dog is better than a dead lion.'
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Image Location
Latitude
51.651345
Longitude
-3.190988