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Does anybody know?
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:45 pm
by GILL B
....the origin of a "Jacobs Join" We had one at Christmas and I was asked where the phrase came from. If you don't know it's when everybody brings food. It might just be a northern thing.
Hope the great minds on the forum can come up with the answer.
Happy New Year.
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:39 pm
by alan refail
Hi Gill
Though born and raised in Lancashire and lived 40 years in Yorkshire, I can't say I've ever heard it used. It is a Pennine phrase it seems.
Some interesting information
here
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:51 pm
by Monika
Hello Gill and Alan, now that's interesting. I have often used the phrase but never knew that it is a fairly local expression!
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:56 am
by GILL B
Thank you for that. A mess of potage eh? Sounds a likely explanation. Apologies for the missed apostrophe on Jacob's.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:03 pm
by Mole
Gill and Alan Thanks for that one - I'd not heard of it called that before - down here it's known as a 'Beggars Banquet' or a 'Pot Luck' - which I guess, are more self-explanatory terms.
Mole