Eureka Reporter | 1904-02-05 | Page 7 | Some Queer Nicknames

some queer nicknames the residents ol 01 many of the english counties have nicknames the meaning and origin of which la Is not al ill ways obvious why the inhabitant inhabitants of liverpool l should be called dicky sams Is not very clear but nearly all the counties have tive nicknames A cornishman Corn lahman la to cousin jack to the natives of the adjacent counties the lancashire men are tim bobbins while the lincolnshire folk have long been called yellow bellies after the frog frogs which once abounded there york shi remen again are everywhere tykes a nickname the etymology of which Is not easy to trace nor lait less difficult to say why the inhabitants of suffolk should be designated dumplings those of kent lent hogs or the isle of wight people calves