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NAME FOR A FAT PERSON
FATTY ARBUCKLE
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
NAME
WHAT YOU CALL A FAT PERSON - FATTYBUTCH
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMING THE FIRST SON
IT IS COMMON IN MANY COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD FOR THE MARRIED COUPLE TO
NAME THEIR FIRST MALE CHILD AFTER THE FATHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMING THE ELDEST MALE CHILD
IF IT WORKS OUT THAT IN THREE SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF LEBANESE
FAMILIES THE ELDEST CHILD IS A BOY, THE SON IN THE THIRD GENERATION
IS NAMED AFTER THE SON OF THE FIRST. IN OTHER WORDS, HE IS NAMED
AFTER HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER (FRANK WAS NAMED AFTER HIS GRAND-
FATHER).
Where learned: TOLD AT ; Y HOUSE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 01-00-1969
NAMING
IF THE FIRST-BORN CHILD IS A GIRL, SHE MUST BE NAMED FOR THE BLESSED
MOTHER. IN OUR FAMILY ALL THE OLDEST GIRLS (INCLUDING MYSELF) HAVE
MARY OR MARIE FOR THEIR FIRST OR MIDDLE NAME.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
NAMING
CHRIS WAS BORN FIVE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND THEREFORE WAS NAMED
AFTER CHRISTMAS. HER NAME IS CHRISTINE CAROL WHEELER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMING
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS FROM ONE OF THOSE LARGE FAMILIES. THEY WOULD BEGAN
TO NAME A BABY WHEN SOMEONE FROM THE FAMILY WOULD SAY, "OH YOU GOTTA
NAME IT AFTER ME." SO SHE ENDED UP WITH THE NAME OF HILDA, TINA,
MELISSA, AVA, ALVA, ALVATINE. SHE WENT THROUGH LIFE WITH THE NAME OF
ALVA.
Where learned: ALLEN PARK ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMING CUSTOM
JEWS NAME THEIR CHILDREN AFTER A DEAD RELATIVE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMING OF CHILDREN
IT IS A JEWISH TRADITION TO NAME CHILDREN AFTER A RELATIVE WHO HAS
DIED. IN THIS WAY, IF THE EVIL SPIRITS SHOULD COME TO MAKE THE PERSON
SICK OR BRING OTHER MISFORTUNE, THEY WILL NOT CONFUSE THE TWO PEOPLE
IN THE SAME HOUSE WHO HAVE THE SAME NAME, FOR THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
NAMES
YOU'RE IN THE WRONG BODY! WHEN MY FATHER WAS A VERY YOUNG CHILD IN
RUSSIA HE BECAME QUITE ILL. HIS MOTHER PROMPTLY CHANGED HIS NAME,
FROM NOAH TO NORTON. THIS WOULD MAKE THE EVIL SPIRIT THAT MADE THE
BABY SICK LEAVE HIM AND GO LOOKING FOR THE BABY NOAH, WHO WAS NOT
REALLY THERE. WHOSE FATHER? YOUR FATHER? YOUR FATHER'S FATHER? MY
FATHER (COLLECTOR'S FATHER)>
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
NAMES
IT IS AN OLD CUSTOM OF THE JEWS TO CHANGE A PERSON'S NAME WHEN HE IS
VERY ILL. IN THIS WAY, THE EVIL SPIRITS WILL BE CONFUSED AND WON'T
KNOW THE PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
BAPTISM - NAMING RITE
IN THE JEWISH RELIGION, THE CHILD CAN ONLY BE NAMED AFTER A DECEASED
PERSON.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
NAMING THE SECOND OLDEST SON
THE TRADITION IN MOST IRISH FAMILIES IS TO NAME THE SECOND OLDEST BOY
AFTER THE FATHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; RESIDENCE HALL
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAME
AN IRISH NAME WHICH IS POPULAR IN CANADA FOR A SPOILED BRAT, CRY
BABY, OR POUTER IS "SUCKEY BABY."
Where learned: TOLD ON ; CAMPING TRIP
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
NAMES
IN QUEBEC, EVERY BOY'S FIRST NAME WAS JOSEPH, AND EVERY GIRL'S WAS
MARY. THE REST OF THEIR NAME WAS THEN TACKED ONTO THESE FIRST TWO
NAMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
FRENCH - CANADIAN NAMES
IT IS A FRENCH - CANADIAN CUSTOM TO ALWAYS GIVE A BABY A MIDDLE NAME
OF EITHER JOSEPH OR MARY, DEPENDING ON THE SEX OF THE INFANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
ITALIAN NAMING CUSTOM
IT IS AN OLD ITALIAN CUSTOM TO NAME THE FIRST GRANDSON AFTER THE
PATERNAL GRANDFATHER AND THE FIRST GRANDDAUGHTER AFTER THE MATERNAL
GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMES
THE FIRST SON MUST BE NAMED AFTER THE BOY'S GRANDFATHER ON THE BOY'S
FATHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. THIS IS AN ITALIAN CUSTOM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMING
ITALIANS AND GREEKS WILL NEVER NAME ANY BOY-CHILD AFTER HIS FATHER
BECAUSE SUCH A NAMING INSURES BAD LUCK OR SOMETHING FATAL HAPPENING
TO THE BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT HER HOME
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
INDIAN NAMING
AFTER BIRTH, THE PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER (WHO BECOMES THE GRANDMOTHER)
GIVES THE NAME TO THE NEWBORN CHILD. THE NAME COMES FROM THE NAME OF
THE FAMILY DIETY--THE FIRST INITIAL STANDS FOR THE FATHER'S NAME AND
SECOND INITIAL STANDS FOR THE FAMILY NAME. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE NAME
V.L. NARAYAN, V. STANDS FOR MR. VARADARAJAN, L. FOR LAXMI, AND N FOR
NARAYAN.
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |