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James · 08-19-2003, 12:06 PM

Recently on a trip out west I stopped at a restaurant that had Davy Jones Fish and Chips. I could have thought it was a Davy Jones other than the singer with the Monkees, but I know "chips" is a British term for French fries. So I concluded that it was named for Marcia's prom date after all since Davy was from England!

The restaurant in mind is Gallagher's Family Restaurant, located off of I-94 Exit 138 (MT 59) near Miles City, Montana. It is on your left as you head north toward town. The sign is aquamarine and white, to my best recollection.

dlemond · 08-19-2003, 12:16 PM

You do know that Davy Jones' Locker is a nautical term and that is where they make the reference for the fish and chips.

The origin of Davy Jones' Locker is somewhat unknown:

http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-dav1.htm

DAVY JONES’ LOCKER
From Ed Cole: “I am looking for the origin of Davy Jones’ locker. I know there is a nautical connotation, reference made to pirates and swashbucklers and the like, but have been unable to get a good clear origin of the term.”

It’s hard to have to write this yet again, but we don’t know.
But we do know that the phrase goes back at least two centuries, since the first clear reference comes from Tobias Smollett, who wrote in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle in 1751 that: “This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes, ship-wrecks, and other disasters to which sea-faring life is exposed, warning the devoted wretch of death and woe”. So his locker is the bottom of the sea, the ocean’s depths.
So much for facts. There are various stories about the origin of the term, usually attempting to identify a real David Jones. One of this name was said to run a pub in London, with a neat sideline—a sort of privatised press gang—of drugging unwary patrons and storing them in his ale lockers at the back of the pub until they could be taken on board some ship. Another story tries to identify him with Jonah of the Old Testament, who—you will recall—spent three days and three nights in the belly of a great fish; but Jonah survived. Yet a third theory says, as you suggest, that Davy Jones was a fearsome pirate, who loved to make his captives walk the plank, so they ended up at the bottom of the sea; but nobody, so far as I know, has identified this alarming outlaw.
We can be fairly certain that all these stories are folklore. The real Davy Jones—if there ever was one—remains obscure.

08-19-2003, 12:06 PM	#1
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	Restaurant with a Brady-related food item (sort of) Recently on a trip out west I stopped at a restaurant that had Davy Jones Fish and Chips. I could have thought it was a Davy Jones other than the singer with the Monkees, but I know "chips" is a British term for French fries. So I concluded that it was named for Marcia's prom date after all since Davy was from England! The restaurant in mind is Gallagher's Family Restaurant, located off of I-94 Exit 138 (MT 59) near Miles City, Montana. It is on your left as you head north toward town. The sign is aquamarine and white, to my best recollection.

08-19-2003, 12:16 PM	#2
dlemond Hey, I know you. Moderator Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 03, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 6,751	You do know that Davy Jones' Locker is a nautical term and that is where they make the reference for the fish and chips. The origin of Davy Jones' Locker is somewhat unknown: http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-dav1.htm DAVY JONES’ LOCKER From Ed Cole: “I am looking for the origin of Davy Jones’ locker. I know there is a nautical connotation, reference made to pirates and swashbucklers and the like, but have been unable to get a good clear origin of the term.” It’s hard to have to write this yet again, but we don’t know. But we do know that the phrase goes back at least two centuries, since the first clear reference comes from Tobias Smollett, who wrote in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle in 1751 that: “This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes, ship-wrecks, and other disasters to which sea-faring life is exposed, warning the devoted wretch of death and woe”. So his locker is the bottom of the sea, the ocean’s depths. So much for facts. There are various stories about the origin of the term, usually attempting to identify a real David Jones. One of this name was said to run a pub in London, with a neat sideline—a sort of privatised press gang—of drugging unwary patrons and storing them in his ale lockers at the back of the pub until they could be taken on board some ship. Another story tries to identify him with Jonah of the Old Testament, who—you will recall—spent three days and three nights in the belly of a great fish; but Jonah survived. Yet a third theory says, as you suggest, that Davy Jones was a fearsome pirate, who loved to make his captives walk the plank, so they ended up at the bottom of the sea; but nobody, so far as I know, has identified this alarming outlaw. We can be fairly certain that all these stories are folklore. The real Davy Jones—if there ever was one—remains obscure.
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