Notwithstanding his name, which appears to indicate northern origin, your correspondent W. FRASER may possibly be unacquainted with Robert Chambers's amusing work, entitled Popular Rhymes of Scotland, which contains numerous verses on both places and families, besides other curious matter.
E. N.
The following doggrel I have heard in Surrey:
"Sutton for good mutton,
Cheam for juicy beef,
Croydon for a pretty girl,
And Mitcham for a thief"
I beg to contribute the inclosed, which I have heard from a former incumbent of the parish of Sutton Long in Somersetshire.
"Sutton Long, Sutton Long, at every door a tump of dung.