Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-14

CTS, or close by the sea from WfllGA source so much of their food was | obvious when we find such names as l Fishe, ook, Bates, Sheles, Dolphin, Eels, Conger, Salmon, Bass, Goldman, | Pike Reach, Herring and Crabbe, all l of them good English names. Trades | and occupations have given names to
 more inhabitants of the earth than any other cause. derived from the An 1 gIo-Saxon, smiten, to smite Some | years ago a philologist undertook to enIighten the public as to the extra ordinary extension of this name. l After thirty columns he threw down 1 his pen in despair declaring the sub | 5ect exhaustless. To quote his own l words From what has hitherto been | discovered, it appears that the great 1 and formidable family of Smith are 1 the veritable descendants, in a direct i line from Shem, the son of Noah. 1 Note please the derivation, Shem, i Shemit Shmit and Smith," Trade l also gave names to the Taylors, Car penters Masons Brewers, Bakers, 1 Skaters, Sawyers, Chandlers and Col i Hers,
 Webb Family old Time Weavers. | It is said a Sussex family by the
 name of Webb has carried on the trade 1 of weaving since the thirteenth cen 1 tury. Spencer is from dispensator | Stewart, Grosvenor from gros veneur. | grand huntsTnan with these we may
 mention names from signs of inns, as 1 will at the Bull and George at the i White horse which were afterwards ! simpli6ed into Will Bull and George l Whitehorse.
 l The present royal family of England has never adopted an unchangeable surname. This Is so in many other distinguished houses, as those of Nas- 1 sau, Bourbon and Orleans In Spain l t ,rrt FO ,1. a1,o boT rt1T a | and the son takes the nan1e of both parents, joining them with c0njunc- 1 ton ''y'' According to German cus- toms, the son is sometimes allowed to 1 take his mothers name. l was with l family in Berlin in which the matern- l al name had been perpetuated for five centuries, for fear it might become ex- tinct. We find a similar case in John l Gutenberg's life. He was the son of ! Frielo Gansfeisch (Goose ffesh) and l Else Gutenberg. We do not blame R1m l for preferring Goodhill to Gooseflesh,
 it is certainly more euphonious Some 1 times 1t is most amusing to follow the 1 corruption of names as for instance, 1 Woodhouse from Woodus, Bachouse 1 from Bacchus. From the French Des
 Moulins, comes our more pleblan 1 sounding Mullins How subtle are the clues one finds! From wood is de-
 rived Atwood, .Bywood, Underwood, ] Netherwood and Jenner is an old | form of Joiner. Milner of Miller. Ban ] mister is the keeper of bath. We find l the name of Picher means "a maker
 of pitches, a warm kind of upper gar
 ment the great coat of the fourteenth l century.
 1 Woodward or Woolard still exists.
 ITO go woodward was to undergo the penance of wearing the outer wooden
 cloth without any linen unaerdress. IL
 was often preschibed by the priesthood, | In Loves Labor Lost when Armada
 was urged to fight he refused to un- | dress, giving as his reason: The naked l truth of 1t is, 1 have no shirt, l go woodward for penance." Crocker means 1 a maker of pottery, from the word Crock, which in provincial dialect ! signifies a large jar. Ward indicates l town cattle, Woodward, forest keeper. a keepr, as Outward, doorkeeper; l Hayward or HereWard, Keeper of the 1 town cattle: Millward keeper of mill; | Kenward, dog keepers; Aylward, ale ! keepers. Formerly if one dwelt upon a hill, he would style himself Attehi1l,
 or Athill if near a moor Attmoor.
 Color and coSplexion.
 We find color and complexion have | given rise te many surnames as Black, i Blaekman, Brown and Redman. The l color of the hair must also have been | considered as we find innumerable | Blael1heads Redheads and Whiteheads.
 
 , Longheads, Broadheads. Not from the i head alone have names been taken, 1 Longfellow, Tallman, Prettyman, Free man, Pullman and Pennyman conjure up for us length, height, and pennies. The termination kin perhaps it is un- l necessary to state is a diminutive, Timpkin standing for little Tim. Charles Lamb Gin reply to the ues- tton "whe first imposed thee gentle name?") came to the conclusion his ancestors were shepherds,
 An authority on Surnames gives the following authentic story; One of the most singular names l ever heard was that of a gentleman of fortune in Kent. His family name was Bear, and hav- ing maternal relatives by the name of Savage, his parents gave him the pleasing cobn9men, Savage -Bear.'
 Hugh Capet founder of the royal ! line of France is said to have gained his surnames from favorite pastime of his iu hoyEeod that of snatching off the hats of his playfellows.
 In the Blue Book three of Uncle Sans family carry off the suggestive name of Cheek Strong patriotism is shown by one Red, innumerable Whites, six Blues and several Flaggs. Uncle Sam has no difficulty in finding material with which to set his table. There are sixteen Peppers six Rusks, one Bread, ten CustaTds eleven Cof-
 
 three Butters and Chicks, one Milk, two SourWineS, one Sourbeer, two Egges. two Apples and fifty Fish. To catch the latter are two Poles, five Lines, and six Hooks. There is enough in the clothing department to suit the most exacting eight Goats, two Bon nets, two Shirts, one pair of Shoes, two Stockings two Cuffs, two Socks, one Boot, number of Buttons. two Calicos and one Silk.
 The Human Family.
 The human family is represented by one Boy Ia number of Littleboys, Goodboys and Tallboys) an Infant and Sucking, one Man, two by the name of Baby, one Cradle,a and a Cribbe are provided It is not exactly fair to judge of names too literally, for many expressions having a. bad sense had originally a very different meaning. We find Ugly and Badman are not such undesirable appellations after all. Ugly is the name of a village in essex. Badman is a contraction of Beadman, one who prays for another" No bad-s man would do that.
 The name Coward to give another instance, originally meant the keeper of cattle, called Hayward or Coward, "Southey's doctor would say, what a name is Lamb for a soldier, Joy for an undertaken. Rich for a pauper, Sweet for one who has a vinegar face, Younghusband for an old bachelor, Goodenough for a person no better