THE Fly in the Ointment asked about Bally Ann day. I hadn’t heard of it, but we just starved when we were young!

I did a quick Google and there were some interesting comments.

One theory is that ‘Bally Ann’ is a corruption of Banyan Days.

Banyans were vegetarian Hindus and banyan day was slang for no meat day.

It is also suggested that Bally Ann is Australian slang for a frugal meal of mashed potatoes etc.

Another theory was that your belly was ‘anged’. All agreed that it was served on the day before pay day.

I saw one reference where Banyan was served three days in the workhouse with Scouse on three days and boiled beef on Sunday.

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