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Posted: Oct 07 2005 at 10:21am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
I was preparing some haddock for dinner today, and I recalled the tale an old family friend, a very learned woman, told me once about how the haddock got its name. We were in a restaurant, where she had ordered haddock, and was instead given some other type of fish, and told this tale to show how she knew the fish was surely not haddock, as it did not have the distinctive markings:

Filey Brig
Filey Brig is a long ridge of rocks jutting into the North Sea, associated with folklore concerning the Devil and a dragon. The Devil dropped his hammer into the sea whilst making the ridge, and thus he plunged his hand into the water to retrieve it. When he pulled his hand out, he had not grabbed his hammer but a fish. Shouting out "Ha, Dick" the Haddock got its name. This story is supposed to explain the distinctive markings on all haddocks, as the location where the Devil held the fish.

(From the
Mysterious Britain website)

More on fish legends to find at the library:

Salmon of Knowledge

The Magic Fishbone

The Fisherman and his Wife

The Girl, The Fish, and the Crown

The Man who Caught Fish



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