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Show Somerest Field Names. Why tho placo Is called Habylon no body can tell, Tho namo lasts bo-yond bo-yond tho memory of tho oldest Inhabitants, Inhabi-tants, nnd for anything thoy know it may havo been called Habylon for all time. A study of tho names of tho fields In a country parish is of much Interest. It Illuminates local history, lovlves memories of feuds, discoveries, discover-ies, claims, of old families that once owned tho soil and mndo history, of countless parochial details. All sorts of quaint and curious Hold names thcro aro uear Habylon names historical, like Pennsylvania; names descriptive, like Look-about Hatch, Wot Mead, Honoyholo, Gooueland, Thrco-cornor Paddock; names reminiscent of local dealings, llko Hard and Sharp and Greatcoat Clecvcs; or of local holdings, hold-ings, llko Copyleaso nnd Pepperleas. Then there aro romantic nnmos, llko Little Pcrdlgato, which has 'a flavor of Arthurian romance; grim names, like Uloody Paddock, which has an epic sound; grotesque names, debased from somo noblo original, llko Hoko and Plnchlu; names expressive of local lo-cal sarcasm, llko Forty Aero, which Is a Hold comprising 14 porches; suggestive sugges-tive names, llko Apsall's and Poor Ap-sail's; Ap-sail's; or personal nnmos, llko Pearco's Leg, a long, narrow field of uncertnln shnpo. Spectator. |