Can someone answer please?

[linziloo]

Hi I'm hoping someone will be able to answer this question for me please?

Why do people in Merthyr call Aberdare people "Aberdare Snakes" - I know what I have always known, but I have heard quite ridicolous version of it and I would like someone to tell how it started.

Linzi

[minstrel]

Have you tried putting "Aberdare Snakes" into Google. You might be surprised.

[davidj]

Hi linziloo
This question has been asked before, if you scroll down to page 3 of this area you will find definitions. Basically it's to do with Merthyr people going on strike and Aberdare people coming over the mountain in the night to carry out the work. Thus crawling like snakes! But the definitive answers can be found 3 pages on.
Hope that helps