"if The Mountain Won't Come To Mohammed..."

[sandyRoe]

Where does this phrase come from?

[naomi24]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_the_mountain_won't_come_to_Muhammad

[Tilly2]

I thought it was the other way round. 'If Mohammed won't come to the mountain then the mountain must come to Mohammed.'

[carrust]

Go to Barnsley on a Sat night & you'll find that town becomes mohammed & the women are the mountains....