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Article RYTHMICAL SAYINGS. ← Page 5 of 5
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Rythmical Sayings.
WARWICKSHIRE . Piping Tebworfch , dancing Marston , Haunted Willbro ' , hungry Grafton . Dndging Exhall , Papist Wicksford , Beggarly Broom , ancl drunken Bedford .
WESTMORELAND . Let nter Pendragon do what he can , Eden will run , where Eden ran . YORKSHIRE . Pendle , Peniguel , and Ingleborongh Are the three highest hills all England through
When Roseberry Topping wears a cap , Let Cleveland then beware of a clap . When Dighton is pulled down , Hull shall become a greater town .
Cleveland in the clay , Brings in two soles and carries one away . When Sheffield Park is plough'd and sown , Then Little England hold thine own . We may remember in Rob Roy , where Die Vernon ancl Francis hear the genial Justice Inglewood say— .
0 , in Shipton , in Craven , Is many a haven , But many a day foul weather ; And he that would say , A pretty girl nay I wish for his cravat a tether .
We have thus run through a few familiar " jingles " which we think it well to keep thus together in a collected form . We do not profess to consider such collections of any very great importance , but they are , we venture to think , interesting and curious , not only as links with the past but as testifying to ancient ideas and the manners and sayings of the people ! We trust that this sli ght contribution may please some "fratres" archiBologists like ourselves , who like to collect end realize all that can tell us whether of the customs of
other ages , or can illustrate however sli ghtly , either general or local traditions , ancl so serve to throw a li ght on individual or national progress , ancl charm back for us for a little space those parted centuries once so full of life ! The graver philosopher ancl the severer scientist may think such lucubrations " airy nothings , " hardly worth the trouble of perusal , but we are anxious to put in a plea for all trifling labours , whether of the archaeologist ancl antiquary , as still of use , when we attempt to realize to-day what the "fact" has
really been . For it is then onl y that we shall learn the true lessons of history , of progress , of improvement , of national and general life , of all that attracts , interests , and sways humanit y ! Like countless little streams running into the mi ghty ocean , so all these various collections of amiable and kindly dryasdusts to-day , impart information , swell the amount of human knowledge and power , we believe , to amuse , to interest , and improve us all ! We beg to add that this little " compilation " claims no " ori ginalit y " ; it is a pure compilation , and nothing more .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Rythmical Sayings.
WARWICKSHIRE . Piping Tebworfch , dancing Marston , Haunted Willbro ' , hungry Grafton . Dndging Exhall , Papist Wicksford , Beggarly Broom , ancl drunken Bedford .
WESTMORELAND . Let nter Pendragon do what he can , Eden will run , where Eden ran . YORKSHIRE . Pendle , Peniguel , and Ingleborongh Are the three highest hills all England through
When Roseberry Topping wears a cap , Let Cleveland then beware of a clap . When Dighton is pulled down , Hull shall become a greater town .
Cleveland in the clay , Brings in two soles and carries one away . When Sheffield Park is plough'd and sown , Then Little England hold thine own . We may remember in Rob Roy , where Die Vernon ancl Francis hear the genial Justice Inglewood say— .
0 , in Shipton , in Craven , Is many a haven , But many a day foul weather ; And he that would say , A pretty girl nay I wish for his cravat a tether .
We have thus run through a few familiar " jingles " which we think it well to keep thus together in a collected form . We do not profess to consider such collections of any very great importance , but they are , we venture to think , interesting and curious , not only as links with the past but as testifying to ancient ideas and the manners and sayings of the people ! We trust that this sli ght contribution may please some "fratres" archiBologists like ourselves , who like to collect end realize all that can tell us whether of the customs of
other ages , or can illustrate however sli ghtly , either general or local traditions , ancl so serve to throw a li ght on individual or national progress , ancl charm back for us for a little space those parted centuries once so full of life ! The graver philosopher ancl the severer scientist may think such lucubrations " airy nothings , " hardly worth the trouble of perusal , but we are anxious to put in a plea for all trifling labours , whether of the archaeologist ancl antiquary , as still of use , when we attempt to realize to-day what the "fact" has
really been . For it is then onl y that we shall learn the true lessons of history , of progress , of improvement , of national and general life , of all that attracts , interests , and sways humanit y ! Like countless little streams running into the mi ghty ocean , so all these various collections of amiable and kindly dryasdusts to-day , impart information , swell the amount of human knowledge and power , we believe , to amuse , to interest , and improve us all ! We beg to add that this little " compilation " claims no " ori ginalit y " ; it is a pure compilation , and nothing more .