[Magdalen] Sons (and Daughters) of Norway.
Grace Cangialosi
gracecan at gmail.com
Thu Jun 11 02:08:28 UTC 2015
Maybe "Who Needham"?
> On Jun 10, 2015, at 10:04 PM, Zephonites--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> Grace
>
> One of the most famous names was
>
> Obadiah-bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobles-in-irons Needham
>
> I wonder what they called him for short!!
>
> I am sure someone on Magdalene will find something suitable!
>
> Blessings
> Martin
>
>
> In a message dated 11/06/2015 02:54:59 GMT Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>
> It was also apparently not uncommon in the Hebrew Scriptures; God gave
> folks some pretty weird names!
>
>>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 3:23 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My wife reported an instance of a man whose name was a scriptural
> sentence:
>>
>> If Christ had not died for thee thou hadst been damned Barebones
>>
>> It was, apparently, a not uncommon practice in the time of the late
>> unpleasantness in England.
>>
>> This article gives the facts:
> http://blog.findmypast.com/2015/if-christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned-the-weird-and-wonderful-names-of-the-english-puritans/
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**” -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 10:18 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>>> We had sisters at church named Praise & Rejoice. Their brother
>>>> was named Believe. Really.
>>>
>>> In our sacristy at All Saints', East Cupcake, there was an altar guild
>>> plaque in memory of a longtime guild member, Delight Plumbach. I
>>> remember also meeting a visitor called Preserved. Can't recall her
>>> surname.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>>
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