Morecock, Fartwell, & Hoare: A Collection of Unfortunate but True Names

by Russell Ash

Overview

There's a baby born every minute and each one has to be named. In this book, you'll find an insanity of nomenclature that beggars belief. Russell Ash has trawled birth, marriage, and death certificates, phone books, and censuses going back centuries to compile a compendium of breathtakingly unlikely-but-true names.

Why on earth would Mr. and Mrs. O'Shea name their son Rick? What were the Fants thinking when they named their child Elle? Or Mr. and Mrs. Royd, for that matter, when naming their daughter Emma? Or how about Everard Cock, Page Turner, or Sally Forth?

In this painstakingly researched, utterly true, riotously entertaining collection, readers will discover real-life examples of some of the most unusual, crude, and shocking names ever, presenting a laugh-out-loud overview of eccentricity through the ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429964579
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/10/2009
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	648,979
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

RUSSELL ASH is best known for his annual Top 10 of Everything and other reference books. He is the author of numerous humor titles, and his extensive research work encompasses biographical studies and genealogy. His ancestors include Claudius Ash (the inventor of false teeth) and Serjeant (his name, not his rank) Ash, and he married into a family that celebrates its ancestors, the Cobbledicks.

Russell Ash is best known for his annual Top 10 of Everything and other reference books. He is the author of numerous humor titles, and his extensive research work encompasses biographical studies and genealogy.  His ancestors include Claudius Ash (the inventor of false teeth) and Serjeant (his name, not his rank) Ash, and he married into a family that celebrates its ancestors, the Cobbledicks.

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CHAPTER 1

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY

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Alf Abbet
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Fairest Babbett
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Harie Cabaret
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Table of Contents

Chapter One - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY,
Chapter Two - THE NAMING OF PARTS,
Chapter Three - THE NAMES OF THE GAME,
Chapter Four - PRIVATE FUNCTIONS,
Chapter Five - LOONY LERGY AND LETHAL,
Chapter Six - A GALLIMAUFRY OF NAMES,
Chapter Seven - NATURE OR TORTURE,
Chapter Eight - BY ACCIDENT OR DESIGN,
Chapter Nine - THE SAGA CONTINUES,
Introduction,
Also by Russell Ash,
FURTHER READING,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Notes,
Copyright Page,