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sb022x1030 said:
Historically Sunderland was county Durham too


Is this the full version? I remember something about a curse and witches and a dog and a suit of armour covered in spikes
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It is the only version I have heard, but spikes would be useful
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shadowplay said:
There's other European legends where a 'worm' is depicted as a large serpent, such as the Lindworm in Sweden. I think in most tellings of the Lambton Worm it's closer to this.
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My friend, worm means dragon in Middle English and that's probably what it means here. People have reinterpreted the Lambton creature to what we think of as a worm once the word "worm" stopped meaning dragon which was around the 16th-17th century.
 
sb022x1030 said:
Historically Sunderland was county Durham too


Is this the full version? I remember something about a curse and witches and a dog and a suit of armour covered in spikes
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Yes, the Worm has the added bonus of body parts that can be reattached so Lambton slays the bugger in the Wear, in a spiked suit of armour to tears the Worm's flesh, so the river washes away the body parts. He gets this advice from a witch, who says once the worm is slain young Lambton must slay the first living thing he sees. He and the faather concoct a plan to release their favourite hound once the worm is vanquished (why not the least favourite?), but Old Lambton gets so excited when the worm is slain he jumps the gun and rushes to see his son.

Thus, the Lambtons were cursed for generations 3x3 (also known as 9), to never die in their beds.
 
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