Who was the "Wee Man" In the expression "in the name of the wee man"?

Answer 1

I am scottish.Wee man is little man.It is just an old saying,an expression I use.If something goes wrong I would say "in the name of the wee man".I really don't know who that wee man is,but all scottish people say it.

Answer 2

Tommy Lorne[1] (December 7, 1890 – April 17, 1935) was a Scottish music hall comedian of the 1920s.

Born Hugh Gallagher Corcoran[2] in Kirkintilloch, he grew up in Glasgow.

Lorne famously wore white make-up, boots that were too large, a jacket that was too short, a Glengarry and a very short kilt.[3] He performed his act in a high-pitched voice. In 1927, Lorne made two short films, The Lard Song[4] and Tommy Lorne and "Dumplings",[5] both filmed in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.

It is often said that Lorne sausage is named after him.[6] This is exactly the sort of tall story that Lorne is likely to have started himself.

He died from pneumonia at age 45.

Catchphrases[edit]
"In the name of the wee man!"
"Ah'll get ye, and if Ah don't get you the coos'll get ye!"
"Sausages is the boys!"
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry: Tommy Lorne".
Jump up ^ The Glasgow Story website
Jump up ^ Special Collections of Glasgow Library
Jump up ^ IMDb: The Lard Song (1927)
Jump up ^ Silent Era: Tommy Lorne and Dumplings (1927)
Jump up ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry

Answer 3

I would guess Jesus. So God would be the big man and Jesus the wee (or little) man.
Just a guess though.

Answer 4

I always felt it refered to the common man, but that's the problem with expressions, when they are localized, it's just a guess

Answer 5

The Devil

Answer 6

'Baby Jesus' is my best guess. Irish Catholic phrase.