This is a folklore in N.E England from way way back.
Basically the story goes that John Lambton,an heir to the Lambton Estate went fishing one day instead of going to church.While he was fishing an old man came to him and warned him that he should never miss church.
Eventually John caught what looked like an eel but had legs and 9 holes on each side of its head.
John,thinking he had caught a demon or devil,threw the worm down a local well and all was forgotten for many years,and John went to join the Crusades as a penance for missing church over time.
Eventually the well water turns poisonous and a great white worm has emerged from the well and wrapped itself around a local hill It then proceeded to steal and consume livestock,children or passers by.In an attempt to stop this beast John's father,when the creature moves towards Lambton castle offers the worm milk of nine good cows, twenty gallons, or a filled wooden/stone trough.
People try to kill the worm ,including local knights,but none succeed.
To cut a long story short,John,upon his return sees a wise-woman who gives him strength to fight the worm and tells him to inbed spears in his armour and to fight the worm in the river,where it is wrapped around a great rock at the moment.
He must also,to avoid a curse,kill the 1st living thing he sees after killing the worm.
John kills the worm and,having already arranged a plan with his father,waits for the families faithful hound to arrive so he can kill it and stop the curse.
However,his father,in all the excitement appears first before the dog,and even though John kills the hound,he cannot kill his father,and the curse remained.
Some real generations of Lambtons have actually have actually died prematurely :
1st generation: Robert Lambton, drowned at Newrig.
2nd: Sir William Lambton, a Colonel of Foot, killed at Marston Moor.
3rd: William Lambton, died in battle
9th: Henry Lambton, died in his carriage crossing Lambton Bridge on June 26, 1761.
Basically the story goes that John Lambton,an heir to the Lambton Estate went fishing one day instead of going to church.While he was fishing an old man came to him and warned him that he should never miss church.
Eventually John caught what looked like an eel but had legs and 9 holes on each side of its head.
John,thinking he had caught a demon or devil,threw the worm down a local well and all was forgotten for many years,and John went to join the Crusades as a penance for missing church over time.
Eventually the well water turns poisonous and a great white worm has emerged from the well and wrapped itself around a local hill It then proceeded to steal and consume livestock,children or passers by.In an attempt to stop this beast John's father,when the creature moves towards Lambton castle offers the worm milk of nine good cows, twenty gallons, or a filled wooden/stone trough.
People try to kill the worm ,including local knights,but none succeed.
To cut a long story short,John,upon his return sees a wise-woman who gives him strength to fight the worm and tells him to inbed spears in his armour and to fight the worm in the river,where it is wrapped around a great rock at the moment.
He must also,to avoid a curse,kill the 1st living thing he sees after killing the worm.
John kills the worm and,having already arranged a plan with his father,waits for the families faithful hound to arrive so he can kill it and stop the curse.
However,his father,in all the excitement appears first before the dog,and even though John kills the hound,he cannot kill his father,and the curse remained.
Some real generations of Lambtons have actually have actually died prematurely :
1st generation: Robert Lambton, drowned at Newrig.
2nd: Sir William Lambton, a Colonel of Foot, killed at Marston Moor.
3rd: William Lambton, died in battle
9th: Henry Lambton, died in his carriage crossing Lambton Bridge on June 26, 1761.
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