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NICKNAME
NICKNAME BUFFALO CAME ABOUT WHEN A BELGIAN MAN WAS BEING TEASED BY
SOMEONE, HE CHARGED AT THE MAN, RAMMING HIM WITH HIS HEAD LIKE A
BUFFALO.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
Date learned: 02-16-1980