LEICESTRIENSIS.
[Footnote 12: Now Rothley.]
[Footnote 13: Now Wanlip.]
The following I had years ago from a Buckinghamshire gentleman:
"_Tring_, _Wing_, and _Ivinghoe_,
Three dirty villages all in a row,
And never without a rogue or two.
Would you know the reason why?
_Leighton Buzzard_ is hard by."
Notes and Queries, Number 139, June 26, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. · 第 95 / 134 题