Hmm. Mike Cohen, are you a composite character? Did you invent toadfrogs? Am I in danger of being sued for copyright infringement? What I had always wondered about that song, is, what is a "norton" Or "Norton," as in:
The Irishman said, it was Norton,
The Scotchman he said nay,
The Welshman said, its the end of the world,
let's go back the other way!

I'd always assumed it was one of those motorcycles used in interplanetary travel, as in "Odds Bodkins."