BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

Fascinating - On the fiddle

Author:
Robert Armitage-Walker
Date:
4 March 2023
Category:
The Saying, “On the Fiddle”

On the fiddle - The origin of many sayings come from British Naval History, and here are two that give us our daily learning and advancement of knowledge:

The below image is an 18th century Royal Navy Sailor's plate that had a rim around it called a fiddle.

A picture of an eighteenth century wooden square tray with a round circle carved out centrally to act as a plate. The rim of the carved out circle was called a fiddle

If the sailor had dishonestly got more than his fair share, the food would lap over towards the fiddle, hence the phrase ‘On the Fiddle’! 

If the Sailor had enough to eat honestly, the sailor had received a ‘Square Meal’ due to the shape used to stop the plate rolling around in rough seas.

A picture of a square naval tray, hence the phrase square meal

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