Horrible Histories S01E03 ↳Slimy Stuarts: Wife swap with the Miserables, a Puritan family, and the Merrys, a Restoration family
~ History ~
Some names such as Joy, Hope, and Mercy are still used today
but others such as Silence, Discipline, and ‘If Christ had not died for
thee, thou hadst been damned’ were real. Here is a list of more Puritan
names
Tag yourself. I’m “Has-Descendents.”
History is one thousand times more utterly ridiculous than you might think O.O
Faint-not, perfect for the one with syncope
The Canton Independent-Sentinel, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1880
The Daily Commonwealth, Topeka, Kansas, June 6, 1883
The Minneapolis Journal, Minnesota, January 2, 1905
Daily Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, April 4, 1916
Bernardsville News, New Jersey, July 14, 1938
The Age, Melbourne, Australia, May 3, 1941
Just imagine screaming those at the playground to get your kids!
“FEAR-GOD GET YOUR ASS IN THE HOUSE THE STREETLIGHTS ARE ON! AND GET YOUR BROTHER HELP AND TELL THANKS TO BRING HER ASS HOME!”
okay but Damned Barebones is the most metal name I’ve ever heard
Damned Barebones was actually a pretty formative guy in paper money policy. Also a bit of a scumbag, but hey.
The name he went by for most of his professional life, though, was Nicholas Barbon.
I would expect nothing less of a man named “Damned Barebones”
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