|
||||||||
Essex: Calves and stiles. Gloucestershire: Weigh thy wood. Hants: Hampshire hogs. Herefordshire: Give me woof and warp. Herts: The club and clouted shoon, Ill rise betimes, and sleep again at noon. Huntingdonshire: With stilts well stalk through thick and thin. Kent: Long tails and liberty. Lancashire: Witches or Fair maids. Leicestershire: Bean-bellies. Lincolnshire: Bags and bagpipes. Middlesex: Up to London let us go, And when our markets done, lets have a pot or two. Norfolk: Many wiles. Northants: Love below the girdle, but little else above. Nottinghamshire: Ale and bread. Oxfordshire: The scholars have been here, And little though they paid, yet have they had good cheer. Rutlandshire; Raddlemen. Shropshire: Shins be ever sharp; Lay wood upon the fire, reach hither me the harp, And whilst the black bowl walks, we merrily will carp. Somersetshire: Set the bandog on the bull. Staffordshire: Stay, and I will beet [sic] the fire, And nothing will I ask but goodwill for my hire. Suffolk: Maids and milk. Surrey: Then let us lead home logs. |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
Copyright: All texts on Bibliomania are © Bibliomania.com Ltd,
and may not be reproduced in any form without our written permission.
See our FAQ for more details. |
||||||||