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THE FIRST NIGHT YOU SPEND IN A ROOM, HAVE A FRIEND NAME EACH
CORNER AND IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE, THE FIRST CORNER
YOU SEE WILL BE THE NAME OF YOUR WIFE OR HUSBAND.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
MEANING OF NAME -- UKRAINIAN
MYROSLAVA (F), MYROSLAV (M)
MEANING: ONE WHO PRAISES PEACE
PRAISER (SLAVA), PEACE (MYR)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
MEANING OF NAME -- UKRAINIAN
LUBOMYRA (F), LUBOMYR (M)
PRONOUNCED -- LJUBOMYRA
MEANING: LOVER (LUBO) OF PEACE (MYRA)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
NAMING
IN JEWISH TRADITION, IT IS LIKE A CURSE TO NAME SOMEONE
AFTER A PERSON WHO IS ALIVE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
MARY NAMES
MY PARENTS HAD EIGHT CHILDREN AND ALL THE GIRLS WERE NAMED,
IN A WAY, AFTER MARY. MAUREEN IS AN IRISH DERIVATIVE; MY SISTERS ARE
NAMED DEIDRE MARY AND SHEILA MARIE. MY PARENTS ARE BOTH CATOLIC.
ALSO, MY MOTHER AND HER MOTHER ARE NAMED "MARY."
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
ARMBRUSTERS
THE WORD "ARMBRUST" MEANS CROSSBOW. IT IS OF GERMAN DERIVATION. THE
ARMBRUSTERS WERE THE CROSSBOWMEN IN THE GERMAN ARMY, THE ELITE CORPS
OF THE ARMY. THESE CROSSBOWMEN WERE HIGHLY-THOUGHT OF AND REVERED IN
SOCIETY, AS WELL AS PROTECTED IN BATTLE. THE ARMBRUSTERS WERE ORIGI-
NALLY LEASED IN THE BLACK FOREST. THE ARMBRUSTER COAT OF ARMS IS A
RAM'S HEAD ON A BLACK FIELD WITH GOLD STARS.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
CANOE TERMINOLOGY
DEAD-HEAD. USUALLY A SUBMERGED TREE OR LOG THAT IS IN THE WATER AND
IS TO BE AVOIDED.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
HISTORY OF WORD
HONEYMOON - IN THE DAYS WHEN MEN STOLE THEIR BRIDES FROM OTHER
TRIBES, IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO DISAPPEAR UNTIL HER FAMILY'S
TEMPERS COOLED. ONE MONTH - OR A "MOON" - WAS CUSTOMARY. THE
GROOM'S FAMILY PROVIDED THE FLEEING COUPLE WITH GOODIES. FAVORITE
GIFT IN ENGLAND WAS MEAD - A MILD LIQUOR MADE WITH HONEY WHICH
THE COUPLE SIPPED AS THEY GOT ACQUAINTED. THUS, THIS TIME WAS
THIER "HONEY-MOON." THE WEDDING VEIL WAS ALSO PART OF BRIDAL
CAPTURE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO CONCEAL THE BRIDE'S IDENTITY FROM
PURSUING RELATIVES.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
NAMES
MR. TUCKER ONCE SAT IN ON A TRIAL IN TENNESSEE. ONE OF
THE DEFENSE WITNESSES WAS NAMED WHUPSAW WILLIAMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
NAMES
LEBANESE NAME THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FOLLOWING WAY: THE CHILD'S
LAST NAME IS THE FATHER'S FIRST NAME, WHILE THE CHILD'S FIRST
NAME IS ARBITRARY. E.G. JOHN SMITH NAMES HIS CHILD "DAVID JOHN".
(THE "JOHN" FOR LAST NAME IS FATHER'S FIRST NAME.) DAVID JOHN
NAMES HIS CHILD "_______ DAVID." THUS, THE FATHER ACTUALLY
NAMES NO ONLY HIS SON BUT HIS GRANDSON TOO. THIS IS ALSO AN
EASY WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF FAMILY LINEAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
SUPERSTITION
THE SEX OF THE NEXT CHILD COULD BE DISCOVERED
BY WHETHER THE CHILD WOULD SAY "DADDY" OR
"MOMMY" FIRST.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 02-28-1971
His wife's family name of "Bean" was spelled "Beene" because grandpa was drunk when he went to the courthouse and misspelled his own name. So now it is spelled "Beene."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 1900 Porter Rd.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |