What's in a name?

[C08]

I have just seen a boat in Plymouth named " A panful of fairies". Is this a literary reference or what?

 

[Farmer Piles]

An "in joke" or just pretentious?

 

[BruceK]

I have just seen a boat in Plymouth named " A panful of fairies". Is this a literary reference or what?

At best it's the moral behind Peter Pan (embracing adventure and imagination), at worst it's a PITA

 

[RAI]

Sounds rather gay.