'his wife 's told him a coat of arms is the thing to have , and who are we to argue with the daughter of a tripe merchant , so we 've made him a shield of red , for blood , and blue and white stripes , for a butcher 's apron , bisected by a string of sausages , centralis a cleaver held in a gloved hand , a boxing glove , which is , ah-ha , the best we could do for sock .