SC - lazy laurence

[Mary Morman]

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, James F. Johnson wrote:

LAZY LAURENCE:  "An indolent person, possibly an allusion to the hot
season during which St. Laurence's Day falls.  There is also a tradition
that the phrase is derived from a sneer by the executioner of St.
Laurence, who attributed the latter's steadfastness under torture to his
laziness."
W. & R. Chambers's 'English Dictionary', 1898

Wow!  Nearly forty years after first reading "Little Women" I at last
understand one of the chapter titles.  You learn something new every day.

Elaina

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