The Various Names For ‘Up The Leg And Down The Stocking’, Warminster

Wilfred Middlebrook, in The Changing Face Of Warminster, 1971, noted:

Black Sammy is another name for the Leg, a path rising from Henford Marsh to Southleigh Woods. Also called Leg And Battles, but as described previously [in The Changing Face Of Warminster], better known locally as “Up the Leg and down the Stocking.”