Jack Daw
Jack is an old word for thief. And the Daws (corvids) have been renowned for nicking trinkets and such like.
And so with mention of Gazza, the Welsh Fusiliers, entrepreneurs and Romans I try to connect dots. People who collect things, such as this Love Spoon, also seem, to me, to be manically or obsessively acquisitive.
But such magpies cannot help themselves and even collect ...
Thieves History Collecting Cutlery