Favourite details?

[vheggie at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24786


> 
> Mine is the triple pun over the lost pub from PS/SS, The Hogs 
Head.  
> It carries a on the "Hog..." theme, it is the head of a hog, after 
> all, and a hogshead is a big container of ale and such equal to 
three 
> barrels in volume.  I never understod why JKR abandoned it on favor 
of 
> The three Broomsticks-- no pun there at all.
> 
 Possibly because 'Hogshead' is the name of a chain of pubs in the 
UK - I really dislike the name, since it reminds me of faux-retro 
bars in city centres, and not the proper wood-beamed/Horse-brass-
decorated pubs of a small village.