tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post190739795927027657..comments2024-03-17T16:32:51.970-04:00Comments on Vast Public Indifference: Obscure Biblical Names: XerxesCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14390048358391513711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-63278640690352535262011-04-17T09:54:12.839-04:002011-04-17T09:54:12.839-04:00"Names on the stones were unable to be identi..."Names on the stones were unable to be identified ..."<br />Editor, stat!Peter Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943332788550109746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-44160872555932680602011-04-16T18:24:49.303-04:002011-04-16T18:24:49.303-04:00Non sequitur: a sad story from Townsend:
http://w...Non sequitur: a sad story from Townsend:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/ci_17862826" rel="nofollow">http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/ci_17862826</a>Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-70058758903316320502011-04-15T16:33:15.961-04:002011-04-15T16:33:15.961-04:00A shame not to have a "W": non-Biblicall...A shame not to have a "W": non-Biblically, we have:<br />Wrestling Brewster (d1810, Brewster, MA) & Wrastling Alden (d1813 in neighboring Duxbury). Anyone know the origin here?Jim Blachowicznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-13755954827844389102011-04-15T12:44:32.156-04:002011-04-15T12:44:32.156-04:00As I recall, many copies of the ubiquitous New-Eng...As I recall, many copies of the ubiquitous <i>New-England Primer</i> reading textbook included the couplet:<br /><br />Xerxes died,<br />And so shall I. <br /><br />What would it have been like for young master Paulk to encounter that in reading school?J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com