Show SCIENCE IN L it THESE NEGRO 11 NAM NAMES ES RALEIGH N C theres something often a whole lot in the bizarre names which tar heel negroes sometimes give to their children petty larceny the name recorded for one for instance indicated a weakness of the childs father dr A P hudson of chapel hill told the north carolina folklore folk polk lore society here that the imagination humor and meaningfulness of negro names shamed the prosaic of the whites in a paper science of naming negro babies he traced the flamboyant naming to reconstruction days when treed freed negroes eagerly seized the opportunity port unity to exercise a hitherto unknown privilege image of christ lord god brown was cited as one name illustrating lu the negros yen for the scriptural likewise 1 I will rise and go unto my father smith one negros name was registered as and seven times shall thou walk around jericho called thou for or short institutions and things familiar to the parents were freely drawn upon tor for striking names such as free press seaboard and methodist conference south acute appreciation of economics led parents to name one baby dollar and another is going through life named nary a red brief contacts with medicine made a deep impression on two mothers who named their positive wassermann and delirious like the indian many negroes are greatly influenced by time circumstance cum stance and environment in finding a name for their children though their selection is likely to be more lighthearted light hearted than the sonorous names given to the aborigines for example dr hudson has dug up the name ot of light lightning ang twice given to a husky baby whose father hoped he would emulate jack johnson other odd names are sunday may the ninth lucy never seen joe smith rosa bell aint no she filthy mckasty Mc Nasty and big apple any political campaign or popular movement is sure to bring a crop ot of ingenious names wi witness tn ess jesue hoover christ and ill N R A Esp especial cIal talent is often shown in naming twins dr hudson cited among others Nic knak and 1 bootjack maters and raters gasoline and kerosene |