{"id":15134,"date":"2014-06-12T18:32:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T23:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=15134"},"modified":"2021-12-26T07:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T12:05:45","slug":"more-weird-placenames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/more-weird-placenames\/","title":{"rendered":"More Weird Placenames"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m not posting one of those lists passed around the Intertubes. So you&#8217;ve all seen them and I&#8217;m certain you know what I mean. No Monkey&#8217;s Eyebrow or Turkey Scratch here. These are actual placenames that I&#8217;ve encountered as I&#8217;ve conducted the daily task of keeping Twelve Mile Circle current. They came from various sources as I researched articles or as I obsessed over reader statistics. As usual, I attempted to peer behind the curtain to understand the reasons for these gems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d86079.9375028912!2d8.133031954918517!3d47.60672765224635!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x479042b83b32cf0d%3A0x911e5585dd36e335!2s5324%20Full-Reuenthal%2C%20Switzerland!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1594299785911!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I noticed Full through Google Analytics. Somebody from Full landed upon 12MC and left behind a little digital footprint for me. Nothing more. Sure, whatever &#8220;Full&#8221; referenced in any one of Switzerland&#8217;s four official languages, whether German, French, Italian or Romansh, probably didn&#8217;t mean the same thing as English. Nonetheless the thought of a Full town made me smile. It could spark a lot of entertaining jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then a little digging determined that Google Analytics shortened it. Actually the <em>full<\/em> name was Full-Reuenthal. <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Full-Reuenthal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">German Wikipedia<\/a> mentioned that Full began as Wulna circa 1303-1307 and merged with Reuenthal in 1798 to form <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.full-reuenthal.ch\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full-Reuenthal<\/a>. It further explained, &#8220;Dieser Ortsname ist von (ze) follinun abgeleitet, was auf Althochdeutsch \u00abbeim aufgesch\u00fctteten Boden\u00bb bedeutet&#8221;. Google Translate deciphered that as, &#8220;This place name is derived from (ze) follinun, which means to Old High German &#8216;during backfill soil&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During backfill soil? That didn&#8217;t make sense. I ran the identical phrase through several different translation websites and generated other possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;with heaped upon the ground&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;with heaped up the ground&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;among the piled up ground&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;at the bottom heaped-up&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;for the deposited ground&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t think that provided sufficient context to understand the <em>Full<\/em> meaning. Do we have any native German speakers in the 12MC audience who might be able to offer further clarity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hurlstone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3504120026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3327\/3504120026_58316b6897_b.jpg\" alt=\"Cooks River Cycleway. Photo by Brian Yap; (CC BY-NC 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Cooks River Cycleway in Hurlstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, Google Analytics hurled an interesting placename in my direction. A reader arrived from a spot identified as Hurlstone, in suburban Sydney, Australia. I could imagine residents dodging rocks as an unidentified malcontent lobbed missiles in their direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Analytics truncated the name in the reader log just as I&#8217;d observed with Full. The complete name was Hurlstone Park (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/cqS2RBBuvEdn3WgT9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). I found an explanation of the name in the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/hurlstone_park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dictionary of Sydney<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;In 1910 a new post office was approved for Fernhill, but the Postmaster General&#8217;s Department insisted that the name of the locality would need to be changed as there were already two post offices with that name, one in Victoria and one in Queensland. A local referendum was held in conjunction with a municipal election, the choice being between Hurlstone, Fernboro or Garnett Hill. Hurlstone was selected. This was the name of a college that had been founded by John Kinloch (on the site of today&#8217;s Yeo Park, south Ashfield) and given his mother&#8217;s maiden name.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/forebears.io\/surnames\/hurlstone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surname Hurlstone<\/a> &#8220;derived from a geographical locality. &#8216;of Hurlston,&#8217; a township in the parish of Acton, Cheshire,&#8221; somewhere right about <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/e32FZ8XwHncrQzj86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. The original Hurlston placename seemed to have <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surnamedb.com\/Surname\/Hurlston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">derived<\/a> from &#8220;&#8216;fenced farm&#8217; from the pre 7th century Olde English &#8216;hurdl-tun'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fenced farm. So that was lame. It had nothing to do with hurling stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tippity Wichity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d6269.691726343116!2d-76.47349690836711!3d38.21347508453053!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89b76010690b883f%3A0x544040d82ca235a!2sTippity%20Wichity%20Island!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1594300218660!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found Tippity Wichity Island while researching <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15102\">Saint Marys River<\/a>. It was right there in the river channel outside of St. Marys City in Maryland. However, Tippity Wichity was also quite small and I figured little meaningful information existed anywhere on the Intertubes. Frankly, it surprised me to find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gimmeadollar\/152261676\">an image<\/a>, even if I couldn&#8217;t post it because of copyright restrictions. The island was rather modest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I ran across an article, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ghosting Past Tippity Wichity<\/span> [<em>link no longer works but it was from the July 2001 edition of Chesapeake Bay Magazine<\/em>] which provided an explanation for the unusual name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;There, according to noted Potomac River historian Frederick Tilp, Howgate established &#8216;a gambling, drinking, and girlie place known as Happie Land and then altered the place name to a short version of Tippling-house and Witchery-house&#8217;-Tippity-Witchity. Eventually, the island itself took on the name, accommodating a lively trade with crews from schooners and cargo vessels who would visit for a little entertainment.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Tippling houses specialized in liquor by the glass. Witchery House was an unfamiliar phrase to me although I could read between the lines, and assumed witchery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexico.com\/definition\/witchery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">probably<\/a> referred to its alternate definition, &#8220;Compelling power exercised by beauty, eloquence, or other attractive or fascinating qualities.&#8221; rather than the actual practice of witchcraft. There was drinking and um, not witchcraft, happening on Tippity Wichity Island. Happie Land, indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Walkaway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1594300702009!6m8!1m7!1sXIKEsP2hw5Z_sEbkCwflQA!2m2!1d-28.9391440178035!2d114.8020561843331!3f270.75!4f-0.7099999999999937!5f0.8160813932612223\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br><small>Walkaway Railway Station Museum, Walkaway, Western Australia<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why would someone walk away? That didn&#8217;t sound like an attractive endorsement for a town. I noticed Walkaway in Western Australia while working on <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15126\">Make Tracks to Midland<\/a>. The Midland Railway Company operated a station here a century ago. 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