the Lambton Worm — repost from an old Durham folklore BBS, this version had details I'd never seen

found this on a barely-alive North East England local-history board, copying it here cause those small sites vanish. the Lambton Worm. County Durham legend, ballad's famous up there. young heir of Lambton skips church to fish in the River Wear, catches an ugly little eel/worm thing, disgusted, chuc……