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Lambeg|ˈlæmbɛg|
The name of a village near Belfast, N. Ireland, used attrib. of the large drums traditionally beaten there on ceremonial occasions; also absol. Hence ˈLambegger, one who beats such a drum.
1932Sun (Baltimore) 18 Nov. 3/6 The booming ‘lam⁓legs’ [sic], huge goatskin drums which are an important part of this kind of celebration. 1938R. Hayward In Praise of Ulster 23 Of all the bands the Lambeggers alone are of the real vintage. Ibid. 24 Nothing in the world is quite like a Lambeg Band... The combination is usually composed of four or six gigantic drums. 1949H. Shearman Ulster xxxiii. 299 Not far from Lisburn, on the Belfast side, is Lambeg, a place traditionally famous for drums, for it used to be a great centre for..the drumming parties which used to be so characteristic of the Orange organization. The largest type of Orange drum used to be referred to as a Lambeg drum, and when one beat a tattoo on it one was said to beat Lambeg. 1952D. O'D. Hanna Face of Ulster x. 112 Slowly and inexorably the drumming parties creep past, for the Lambeggars do not march. 1966S. Heaney in Listener 29 Sept. 475/3 Orange drums, Tyrone 1966. The lambeg balloons at his belly, weighs Him back on his haunches. 1970Guardian 8 Aug. 1/5 The Lambeg drums, the noisiest and most fervent symbol of Protestant supremacy in Northern Ireland, will not be beaten in Londonderry next Wednesday. |