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"When Haldon hath a hat
Kenton may beware a skat."

This often quoted saying is curiously illustrated by a passage from the
romance of Sir Gawaya and the Grene Knicht (Madden's _Sir Gawaya_, p.
77.):

"Mist muged on the mor, malt on the mountes,
_Uch hille hadde a hatte_, a myst-hakel huge."

In the note on this passage Sir Frederick quotes two proverbs like the
Devonshire one above. They are, however, well known, and there is no
lack of similar sayings.

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"When Plymouth was a furzy down,
Plympton was a borough town."

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When Brutus of Troy landed at Totnes, he gave the town its name; thus,--

"Here I sit, and here I rest,
And this town shall be called Totnes."

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