As foolish as monkeys till twenty and more,

As bold as a lion till forty-and-four;

As cunning as foxes till three score and ten,

We then become asses, and are no more men.

These proverbial lines were obtained from Lancashire. An early version occurs in Tusser, p. 199.

They that wash on Monday

Have a whole week to dry;

They that wash on Tuesday

Are not so much agye;

They that wash on Wednesday

May get their clothes clean;

They that wash on Thursday

Are not so much to mean;

They that wash on Friday

Wash for their need;

But they that wash on Saturday

Are clarty-paps indeed!

A North country version of these common proverbial lines, given by Mr. Denham, p. 16. Clarty-paps are dirty sluts.

The children of Holland

Take pleasure in making

What the children of England

Take pleasure in breaking.

Alluding to toys, a great number of which are imported into this country from Holland.

[VIII.—PLACES AND FAMILIES.]

[ELTON.]
[NOEL.]
[COLLINGWOOD.]
[THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON.]
[FELTON.]
[SIR RALPH ASHTON.]
[PRESTON.]
[LANCASHIRE.]
[LEYLAND.]
[HUGH OF LINCOLN.]
[CUCKSTONE.]
[SAINT LEVAN.]
[ROLLRIGHT.]
[HAMPDEN.]
[RIBCHESTER.]
[HAWLEY.]
[GOTHAM.]
[BUCKLAND.]
[COLEBROOK.]
[GILLING.]
[SHREWSBURY.]
[JACK ROBINSON.]
[WRANGHAM.]
[LEICESTERSHIRE.]
[BROCKLEY-HILL.]
[STANTON DREW.]
[SEVERN.]
[SHERSTON MAGNA.]
[NORTH ACRE.]
[BELLASIS.]
[KELLOE.]
[ROSEBERRY-TOPPING.]
[LINCOLN.]
[SKIDDAW.]
[INGLEBOROUGH.]
[THE KIRBY FEIGHT.]
[THORNTON.]
[ISLE OF MAN.]
[EARSDON.]

This division, like the last, might be greatly extended by references to Ray and Grose.

[VIII.—PLACES AND FAMILIES.]

[ELTON.]