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always pleasant to hear a story about a guy who 'ad 'is Priorities Straight,
G.P.
can you imagine the level of child abuse it would be to actually name a child
"Barnabas"?
enough to earn a fellow a Red Hat under St. J.P.
the Mind Boggles.
plus, my father was named "Gordon" (bornéd in August, however, so there was
no real excuse, that i know of).
his first name was "Archibald," so i suppose that means that Grandad wasn't
entirely in the clear, abuse-wise. (he died way before i was bornéd, so i
don't know what colour hats he was wont to wear.)
but, his older brothers used to call him "Arch," which had a rather nice ring
to it, as i recall.
c
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Received: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:44:19 AM EST
From: Revd Gordon Plumb <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Feasts and Saints of the Day: November 29
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Had my parents looked to the day my birth I would have been baptised
> Barnabas - as it is my father chose Gordon because Gordon Richards, the
famous
> jockey, won a big race that day!
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> Gordon Plumb
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> Question: is it common to choose a saint from the ones celebrated on a
> person’s natal day? Not being either Catholic or Orthodox, I wondered if
my
> parents would have looked over all of today’s saints and chosen one for
me
> because of the date, rather than for the saint’s attributes or some other
> criteria (forgive the incoherence, I’m still waiting for cold meds to
> unscramble my brains).
> Terri Morgan
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