Napoleon, Old Major, Minimus... George Orwell's 'Animal Farm'.
Pia
Dr V. Pía Spry-Marqués
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge
On 2014-02-05 14:36, JM Bond wrote:
> P G Wodehouse's 'Blandings Castle' series of course has the
> prizewinning sow 'Empress of Blandings'. The pig in Alan Bennet's play
> and film, 'A Private Function' was named Betty. I don't personally
> know of any real-life examples, beyond pedigree show animals and it
> may be because of the common rule that you shouldn't name anything
> you're planning to eat.
>
> Quoting "Zeder, Melinda" <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Does the movie" Babe" ring a bell?
>>
>> Melinda A. Zeder
>> Senior Scientist, Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology
>> Curator, Old World Archaeology
>> National Museum of Natural History
>> MRC 112, PO Box 37012
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>> From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam Allentuck
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 8:17 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [ZOOARCH] Cases of pig-naming
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Do you know of any ethnographic or epigraphic cases that report
>> descriptive or anthropomorphic names assigned to individual pigs?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Adam Allentuck
>>
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Dr V. Pía Spry-Marqués, Research Associate
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge
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