White horse and Black Horse Inn

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VenerableBottyBurp Apr 3, 2007 11:13:42
Replying to slumpystones

That is useful, it seems that black horses were a pre Hanoverian thang and when George I -IV took up residence White horses came into fashion for names and inns.

That's the theory anway - less anyone knows anything else?

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S slumpystones
slumpystones Apr 3, 2007 13:42:23
Replying to VenerableBottyBurp

VenerableBottyBurp wrote:
That is useful, it seems that black horses were a pre Hanoverian thang and when George I -IV took up residence White horses came into fashion for names and inns.
Bit late in history for my interests!

Could this be another one of those subconscious things that just happen ?

Could both horses not have represented different ideas and concepts in the same way the sun and moon did?