The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh

Childe Wynd thrice kisses the laidly worm, John D. Batten, 1890

The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, also known as The Laidly Worm of Bamborough, is a Northumbrian ballad about a princess who is changed into a dragon (the "laidly worm" of the title).