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Happy St. Patrick's Day! It is so pretty here- wish I was out in it instead of trapped inside my office. For some reason I think I am part Irish. Is "Thrasher" Irish? One online source says:
English: occupational name from Middle English thressher ‘thresher’, a derivative of Old English þerscan, þrescan, þryscan ‘to thresh’.
Translated form of German Drescher
I'm not through looking. I'm Irish. I feel it! ...drat. I looked again. Same answer. I'm English. Even my first name is English!
Lisa
English: variant of Liza, influenced by French Lise and German Liese..
OK. Maybe I'm Irish by marriage. Let's look up hubby's last name. Nope.
habitational name, a variant of Rothwell (representing the local pronunciation of the place in Northamptonshire).
habitational name from a place in Devon, so named from Old English ruh ‘rough’, ‘overgrown’ + hyll ‘hill’.
from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Rowe 2.
Maybe my mother's maiden name is Irish! Yet again, a negative.
English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smitan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
*sigh* I guess I'm English through and through. Let's see what Bo is!!
Americanized spelling of German Beiss(e), a variant of Beitz 2.
English: perhaps a variant of Biss. Compare Beese, Bise, Buys, Byce.
Hungarian: nickname for someone with a limp or a peculiar gait, from bice ‘limp’.
Hmmm. Bice could be German, English or Hungarian! He said when he named Aidan that it was a good Irish name. Wonder if Caroline's maiden name (Fisher) is Irish. Let's check!
Well, it can originate in several countries, but YES, Fisher is Irish!
Irish: translation of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. See Braden.
That was fun.
Speaking of fun, it seems like the next two Bo shows are going to be spectacular fun! Nashville is in TWO weeks and I'm overjoyed! Close enough to drive and I won't have to miss much work. And the Georgia show is going to be AWESOME! We have sponsored a Peep table ($2500), thanks to Robin, and we have found out we have a free beer and wine tasting beforehand plus we have a block of rooms reserved at the Hilton Gardens. Boo Ya!! Now I've just got to figure out some way to get to NYC in July. Flights are outrageous. Hotels will be outrageous. Doubt I'll get to go, but I'm dreaming! The CMA Festival is in June and hopefully Bo will perform. I hate it when he's so freaking secretive. Somebody asked him about it and he just evaded the question in his usual Bo style! I personally think he'll be there but just isn't cleared to say anything yet. We'll see!!
Today's picture is going to be...whatever I can find on my work computer!! And the winner is...Bo in Rochester NY in 2007. I love that shiny dobro. :)
English: occupational name from Middle English thressher ‘thresher’, a derivative of Old English þerscan, þrescan, þryscan ‘to thresh’.
Translated form of German Drescher
I'm not through looking. I'm Irish. I feel it! ...drat. I looked again. Same answer. I'm English. Even my first name is English!
Lisa
English: variant of Liza, influenced by French Lise and German Liese..
OK. Maybe I'm Irish by marriage. Let's look up hubby's last name. Nope.
habitational name, a variant of Rothwell (representing the local pronunciation of the place in Northamptonshire).
habitational name from a place in Devon, so named from Old English ruh ‘rough’, ‘overgrown’ + hyll ‘hill’.
from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Rowe 2.
Maybe my mother's maiden name is Irish! Yet again, a negative.
English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smitan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
*sigh* I guess I'm English through and through. Let's see what Bo is!!
Americanized spelling of German Beiss(e), a variant of Beitz 2.
English: perhaps a variant of Biss. Compare Beese, Bise, Buys, Byce.
Hungarian: nickname for someone with a limp or a peculiar gait, from bice ‘limp’.
Hmmm. Bice could be German, English or Hungarian! He said when he named Aidan that it was a good Irish name. Wonder if Caroline's maiden name (Fisher) is Irish. Let's check!
Well, it can originate in several countries, but YES, Fisher is Irish!
Irish: translation of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. See Braden.
That was fun.
Speaking of fun, it seems like the next two Bo shows are going to be spectacular fun! Nashville is in TWO weeks and I'm overjoyed! Close enough to drive and I won't have to miss much work. And the Georgia show is going to be AWESOME! We have sponsored a Peep table ($2500), thanks to Robin, and we have found out we have a free beer and wine tasting beforehand plus we have a block of rooms reserved at the Hilton Gardens. Boo Ya!! Now I've just got to figure out some way to get to NYC in July. Flights are outrageous. Hotels will be outrageous. Doubt I'll get to go, but I'm dreaming! The CMA Festival is in June and hopefully Bo will perform. I hate it when he's so freaking secretive. Somebody asked him about it and he just evaded the question in his usual Bo style! I personally think he'll be there but just isn't cleared to say anything yet. We'll see!!
Today's picture is going to be...whatever I can find on my work computer!! And the winner is...Bo in Rochester NY in 2007. I love that shiny dobro. :)
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