The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14355   Message #122632
Posted By: roopoo
11-Oct-99 - 01:19 AM
Thread Name: Biggit a lum
Subject: RE: Biggit a lum
Built a chimney. Just as in the old Scots phrase "Lang may Your Lum Reek": Long may you chimney smoke. This is a wish that your household may prosper. Also as in the Billy Connolly song about the crematorium: "And when you see the smoke go curling up the lum, it'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!" Cheers John mouldy