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Article RYTHMICAL SAYINGS. ← Page 3 of 5 →
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Rythmical Sayings.
BEDFORDSHIEE . I , John of Gaunt , Do give and grant To Soger Burgoyne And the heirs of his loin , Both Sutton and Potton Until the world's rotten . The Burgoynes are still at Potton .
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . Tring , Wing , and Ivinghoe , Three dirty villages all in a row , And never without a rogue or two . Would you know the reason why , Leighton Buzzard is hard by . Sir Walter Scott tells us he took the name of his matchless romance of
Ivanhoe from these old verses—Tring , Wing , and Ivinghoe , all these three did go , For sfcrikingthe Black Prince a blow . CUMBERLAND . We remember the old saw mentioned in the " Heart of Midlothian . " If Skiddaw hath a cap
, Criffel * wots full weel of that . Skiddaw , Lanvellin , and Carti-cand Are the highest hills in all England . DEEBYSHIEE . Derbyshire born , and Derbyshire bred , Strong i' the arm ancl weak i' the head .
ESSEX . Ugley church , TJgley steeple , Ugley parson , Ugley people . HERTFORDSHIEE .
They who buy a house in Hertfordshire , Pay three years' purchase for the air . KENT is very rich in these sayings . Sutton for mutton , Berkely for beef
, South Devon for gingerbread , Dartford for a thief . Deal , Dover , and Harwich , T ' ne devil gives his daughter in marriage , And by a codicil to his will , He added Helvoefc and the Brill . When England rings
Thanet sings . LANCASHIEE . Proud Preston , Poor people , High church And low steeple .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Rythmical Sayings.
BEDFORDSHIEE . I , John of Gaunt , Do give and grant To Soger Burgoyne And the heirs of his loin , Both Sutton and Potton Until the world's rotten . The Burgoynes are still at Potton .
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . Tring , Wing , and Ivinghoe , Three dirty villages all in a row , And never without a rogue or two . Would you know the reason why , Leighton Buzzard is hard by . Sir Walter Scott tells us he took the name of his matchless romance of
Ivanhoe from these old verses—Tring , Wing , and Ivinghoe , all these three did go , For sfcrikingthe Black Prince a blow . CUMBERLAND . We remember the old saw mentioned in the " Heart of Midlothian . " If Skiddaw hath a cap
, Criffel * wots full weel of that . Skiddaw , Lanvellin , and Carti-cand Are the highest hills in all England . DEEBYSHIEE . Derbyshire born , and Derbyshire bred , Strong i' the arm ancl weak i' the head .
ESSEX . Ugley church , TJgley steeple , Ugley parson , Ugley people . HERTFORDSHIEE .
They who buy a house in Hertfordshire , Pay three years' purchase for the air . KENT is very rich in these sayings . Sutton for mutton , Berkely for beef
, South Devon for gingerbread , Dartford for a thief . Deal , Dover , and Harwich , T ' ne devil gives his daughter in marriage , And by a codicil to his will , He added Helvoefc and the Brill . When England rings
Thanet sings . LANCASHIEE . Proud Preston , Poor people , High church And low steeple .