Don’t cut your leather until you feel sure you have selected the right place.
“Stoppord law, no stake no draw.”
Stockport or Stopport—only those who contribute to an undertaking may reap benefit from it.
“You may know a Mobberley man by his breeches.”
An allusion to poachers in the neighbouring Tatton Park. They made their breeches of buckskin.
“The Mayor of Altrincham lies in bed while his breeches are mending.”
“The Mayor of Altrincham, and the Mayor of Over,
The one is a thatcher, the other a dauber.”
These places were small and unimportant, and the mayors were therefore sometimes chosen from men in humble ranks of life.
“A Stopport (Stockport) chaise.”
Two women riding sideways on one horse.