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Stronginthearm is a very common [[dwarfs|dwarf]] surname. Known Stronginthearms in the ''[[Discworld]]'' chronicles include:
Stronginthearm is a very common [[dwarfs|dwarf]] surname, and an old one. A young Stronginthearm survived the original Battle of Koom Valley some fifteen hundred years ago, and carried an item up to the surface which would prove pivotal to the events of ''Thud!''.
 
Particular Stronginthearms in the ''[[Discworld]]'' chronicles include:


*[[Abba Stronginthearm]]: [[Ankh-Morpork]] [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Watchman]];
*[[Abba Stronginthearm]]: [[Ankh-Morpork]] [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Watchman]];
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== An old Yorkshire poem:- ==
==An old Yorkshire poem:==


''Lancashire born and Lancashire bred''
''Lancashire born and Lancashire bred''

Latest revision as of 00:53, 5 September 2015

Stronginthearm is a very common dwarf surname, and an old one. A young Stronginthearm survived the original Battle of Koom Valley some fifteen hundred years ago, and carried an item up to the surface which would prove pivotal to the events of Thud!.

Particular Stronginthearms in the Discworld chronicles include:

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Incidentally, there are a surprising number of "Stronginthearms" in the Manchester North and Lancashire telephone directories. The name is thought to originate with the heaviest jobs in manufacturing industry during the Industrial Revolution which called for most physical strength. In the manner of these things, a nickname conferred in admiration became a surname and is carried with pride today. The symbol of Stones Bitter shows a typically admiring image.


An old Yorkshire poem:

Lancashire born and Lancashire bred

Stronginth'arm and weak in t'head!