sheepshaggers

[Grizz]

the strange thing is that i dont have a report button, i must have imagined it lmao

[opsmonkey]

a sheep shagger is a word used to describe dockers who unloaded ships at liverpool docks ie bales of cotton in the 19th century,their fellow workers refered to them as sheep shaggers because by doing this work their clothing would be covered in cotton fibres.hence the derogatory term (sheep shaggers...so in theory (scousers).

What a load of old shite..

It was used in the Army as a derogatory term for the Black Watch in the early 19th century, then was adapted for use towards the Coldstream Guards...

How long did it take for you to make up that dockers story..?
You're getting confused by the term wollyback
Which was given to those outside of Liverpool who worked at the docks, because they lived further away when they pitched up in a morning they got the shit jobs as they arrived later than the locals.. Their jobs generally involved unloading dirty cargo so they protected themselves with a coat or shoulder skin of wool

[spondulick]

do a bit of research opsmonkey, then u will find i am right. after all, at least i give a reason as to why which is quite plausible, the sad truth is a scouser is more of a sheep shagger/ woolyback than anyone living outside liverpool.the area boomed just before and especially during the industrial revolution which required thousands of outside and imigrant workers both skilled and unskilled to work at the docks which at that time was the buisiest in the world of which cotton was in huge demand as to wearing protective clothing whilst handling bales of cotton i dont think so!,you will find that most scousers have ancestors who were imigrants themselves or so called outside workers who got said shit jobs. ps i am happy to be called a pie eater pretty mild compared to others

[opsmonkey]

the term woolyback does come from outside workers arriving late at the dockside and getting shitty jobs, unloading DIRTY cargo.. they wore a skin shoulder to protect their clothes, the skin shoulder was that off a sheep.. hence the term woolyback..

i don't know what all this scousers are sheepshaggers you are going on about.. but if you think you know better than the Merseyside Maritime Museum then crack on lad

[spondulick]

after years of scousers calling anyone who lived outside of liverpool 1 woolybacks, and a few other terms, when its pointed out that these names could be used to describe a native of your city it seems upset one or two. as to the maritime museum having that info you must admit it could be one or the other,i got my info from literature from the factual section of my local library as to museum version i suppose it depends where and from who this info is obtained (and which version you want to believe) as a non liverpudlian i prefer to believe the unbiased version.

[boomer39]

after years of scousers calling anyone who lived outside of liverpool 1 woolybacks, and a few other terms, when its pointed out that these names could be used to describe a native of your city it seems upset one or two. as to the maritime museum having that info you must admit it could be one or the other,i got my info from literature from the factual section of my local library as to museum version i suppose it depends where and from who this info is obtained (and which version you want to believe) as a non liverpudlian i prefer to believe the unbiased version.

mate, as a scouse living in woolyback land, stockport, being called a sheepshagger is mild...
wheelhubs, etc, heard them all , like water off a ducks back... give as good as i get...

[thered]

a sheepshagger in my view is a person who lives out in the sticks or anywhere in wales


not familar with the scouse manc thing going on sorry