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Legend of the Lambton Worm
Legend of the Lambton Worm
Written By Mister Gu on Monday, May 5, 2014 | 4:00 PM
By the year 1000 ce, European lore had cemented the dragon into its favorite folk tales. One of the most famous was the Lambton worm. The Lambton Worm was a loathsome Dragon that surfaced in the River Wear, Durham, in the fourteenth century. According to legend, Lord John Lambton, a young nobleman of the Northumbria region of England was a rebellious character who missed church one Sunday to go