Thought you were from Craggy Island?Durham city for me. Think this is made up bollocks.
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Thought you were from Craggy Island?Durham city for me. Think this is made up bollocks.
Sounds like the hills round the op's family home have eyes.
I’d have thought lamb and salad would mean two things that don’t go together traditionally
It's Yorkshire salad mate.Durham salad as known on this board
Scallions, lettuce, mint, sugar and vinegar
Delicious with all meats
I do love that mindDurham salad as known on this board
Scallions, lettuce, mint, sugar and vinegar
Delicious with all meats
Was it not Lamb sally meaning lazy and useless and no help as in "you standing there like lamb sally"Discussion with the wife this morning and she'd never heard this saying before we met. Seems to be a North East local expression, but I'm wondering how widespread, does anyone know. I was brought up in SW Durham and my family use it, anyone know the origins? Unusually for this kind of thing google doesn't really have any answers other than someone else looking for the answer and being told it's from the North East. Can the SMB furnish an answer?
I'm from bishop but I've never heard it beforeNot Durham, SW Durham as in and around Bish
Staple every Sunday in our houseI'm from bishop but I've never heard it before