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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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