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Originally Posted by garinda
Thank you, yes that's it.
Though people are more than welcome to come and have lunch with us if they don't want to bring food.
I thought it was quite a common term.
'The term Jacob’s join is well known in and around Lancashire. Eric Partridge and Nigel Rees both record that people from that English county have told them about it. However, nobody seems to know where it comes from. This is hardly surprising: there are many such sayings, often with quite wide circulations, whose origins are totally obscure. In this case, the connection is presumably with the biblical Jacob, he of Jacob’s ladder. Could it refer to the mess of pottage (a dish of stew, in modern language) for which, the Bible tells us, Esau sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob?.'
World Wide Words: Jacob’s join
It must be my caring/sharing Methodist background.
Perhaps Jaysay hasn't heard of it because as a Tory produce should equal profit.  |
On the contry Rindi as a Tory I'll join with anybody and then make a profit
anyway many thanks for the info, only Mez attually rang me to give me the full SP on Jacobs Join.
In fact its like bottle party really where everybody brinks a bottle of cheap sherry then opt for drnking whisky