Show some queer nicknames the residents of many of the eng elfr lish counties have nicknames the th meaning and origin of which Is not always obvious why the inhabitant of liverpool should be called dicky sams Is not very clear but near ly IY all the counties have their distinctive nicknames A cornishman it Is cousin jack to the natives of 0 th the adjacent counties the lancashire men are tim dobbins bobbins while the lincolnshire Lincoln shire folk have long been cau call ed yellow bellies after the frogs frog which once abounded there york Ehl remen again are everywhere aykes tykes a nickname the etymology ot which is Is not easy to trace nor la is it less difficult to say why the inhabitants of suffolk should be designated dumplings Dump lings 1 1 those ot of kent hoss hogs or the isle of wight people calves |