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."

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