Sign makes me Smile

I don't know why but every time I pass the sign it leaves me with a broad smile and naughty thoughts. Cockadilly is a very small hamlet on a busy road on the hillside above my home.

Small is an ever statement as it consist of about 9 or 10 houses on just one side of the road with this sign, and the one at the other end of the hamlet, being only about 400 yards apart. There are no pavements just a rough grass verge, hence the warning of pedestrians on the road.

Now the name, who ever came up with that and why, I must find out. Mind you I have silly thoughts of the word HAMLET as well, is this a shortened description of a ham omelettes. Also why did William Shakespeare name a play "Hamlet", it didn't have any small cluster of houses in it.

I should concentrate on my driving and not worry about the strange named places where people make ham omelettes whilst reading Shakespeare.

[Phil Cameron]

Cockadilly Doo indeed funny thing that :-))

[Pat Coyle]

Lovely village. My own favourite village is Muff in Ireland I have visited it many times the sign is probably one of the most tampered with in the world. So say the diving club is very popular :)

[Graham Thresher]

Very amusing !

[Ivan]

Fun! We have a village near here called 'Pease Pottage', sometimes spelt 'Peas'!

[Bep]

That's amusing! I could give you lots of examples of funny village names in Dutch, but that would not make sense, I think ;-)

[Lynn]

Perhaps it means to tilt, 'like cock a hat' - so 'tilt' a 'dilly'...the mind boggles! Super capture of a village sign.

[John]

Now there's a name for you! Those little hamlets can be such interesting places!

[carol white]

Some amazing village names in our country!!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Neat shot,

[Julia]

Funny!

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful find and very unusual name for a village/hamlet/cluster of homes.
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[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@philcameron59 @patcoyle @thresheg @ivan @gijsje @rubicon @congaree @carolmw @ziggy77 @juliac @ninaganci

Thank you all for looking and commenting, plus of course the FAV. The sign is almost as mad as I am.

[J A Byrdlip]

Great sign. Reminds me of the sign pointing to "Poor Farm" in norther Arizona.

[Kathie]

Great warning. Cocks and pedestrians compete for the road. LOL

[Lin]

Bahahaha - quite priceless! Very well spotted and captured!

[Denise Wood]

Absolutely crazy :)

[Nicole]

hehe just love your story ;)

[Mickey Anderson]

Great sign and capture, Silly names are always worth a smile and capture!!