RAHERE.

Jan. 26, 1850.

_Tickhill, God help me_.--Can any one tell why A Tickhill man, when

asked where he comes from, says, "Tickhill, God help me." Is it because

the people at Tickhill are famed for misery, as the neighbouring town of

Blythe seems to have been so called from its jolly citizens?

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