>>>>For some reason I'm thinking about this place this morning. I went there years ago and its the weirdest sensation to sit in the bar having a pint and then stand up and its a steep hill up to the bar to be served.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.sedgleymanor.com/historical/crooked_house.html
>>>
>>>For some reason I can hear my grandmother reciting something about
>>>"There was a crooked man
>>>who walked a crooked mile
>>>and found a crooked sixpence
>>>upon a crooked style"
>>>something something
>>>"and they all lived together in a little crooked house"
>>
>>Seems to me this poem featured in the plot of some comic book I had.
>>
>>Tamar
>
>Isn't from 'Mother Goose' rhymes?

I don't know the origin (though Charles seems to have looked it up), but I remember the poem itself being used in some comic book story. I think that was when I was introduced to the poem.

Tamar