The Three Sheets was a pub housed in Diagon Alley. It looked like a pirate ship, and it had a hanging sign of a sailing ship. They had a pirate flag, a unicorn sign and they had a statue of a unicorn at the very top.[1]
It was near The Harpy's Bazaar, Vietch's Leeches, Bats! Bats! Bats!, and Nollikins for Scrolls & Skins.[2]
If one wanted to get food, one had to go through a door to the right under a sign saying "down the hatch for victurals", and they encouraged people to try their covey crumpets.[1]
Etymology
The pub's name was taken from the idioms "three sheets in/to the wind", meaning drunk.[3][4][5]
Behind the scenes
- The house recommended covey crumpet is a nod to Covey Crump, who served the Royal Navy and published a book of compiled naval slang, abbreviations, legends and historical tit-bits.[6][5]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition (First appearance)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition (see this image)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition (see this image and this image)
- ↑
three sheets in the wind on Wiktionary
- ↑ three sheets to the wind#Adjective on Wiktionary
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – creepy scrawlers ltd. - "The Three Sheets is just a pun (Three Sheets to the Wind meaning somewhat sozzled), the ‘Covey Crumpets’ offered on sale is a nod to Commander Covey Crump, who served in the Royal Navy and in the 1950’s published a book on naval slang."
- ↑
Covey Crump on Wikipedia
