" 1/6 ME A DOG " - What does it mean?
The Ne Plus Ultra Match-box.
These
are some of the more common types of puzzle vestas or match- safes. Described
in Hoffmann's "Puzzles Old and New", they were very popular
for advertising from the 1890s onwards.
These three, promoting Harry Hall the tailor, have an extra frustrating puzzle on the back:
"1/6 ME A DOG."
We do not know what it means; so a puzzle prize will be given to the first person who can convince us of the correct solution!
Current thinking gets lost amongst
"One and a Half Bob"
"Three Tanners"
"Eighteen pence"
"One sixth"
JL suggests rhyming slag "1/6" for "mix" which is fine
but then "Hair of the Dog" - a drink = "Mix me a drink!"
We are not convinced; so the prize is still available.
