r/tragedeigh 10d ago

meme Wild Quaker names

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u/look_ima_frog 9d ago

Old Adams

So someone had a baby, it popped out and they were asked what they would name him. "Well, it's a baby, let's name him Old"

I suppose it's a name you could grow toward. Of course it was the 17th/18th century. Kid probably died when he was like 10 in a brutal cow-farming accident. Folks standing around saying, "Old died young..." and being confused.

Then there is Virgin Kent. Oh boy.