56 INTRODUCTORY 



September 25th, 1711, Addison calls a merry- 

 andrew " a pickled herring." 



The fourteenth century word for curing 

 herrings was in Dutch " kaken " = to pack in 

 barrels, *' kaecken " or " kaeckjes," whence our 

 word *'kegs." The arms of the Dutch settle- 

 ment of Beuckelzen are two " kaeckmaskens," 

 or knives used in curing herring. Our word 

 *' sloop" has the same origin as the Dutch 

 "slabbaert," a small vessel used in the herring 

 fishery. 



