SC - Re: OT: Naming
Rhonda New
rbnew at ftw.nrcs.usda.gov
Fri Mar 31 09:45:35 PST 2000
Elaine Koogler wrote:
>
> My great great uncle, a Methodist minister in south Georgia named Greene Brooks,
> joked about two parishoners, Ima Hogg and Eura Pigg..........
>
> Kiri
Ima Hogg is, or was, a fairly famous Texas socialite and philanthropist,
as I recall. I believe she was a buddy of Ladybird Johnson (speaking of
odd names...even though Ladybird was not, I think, her given name). I
expect Eura Pigg might have been a sort of "Wouldn't it be funny if...?" gesture.
Adamantius
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