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spacing in vienna posted:Rural Pennsylvania supplies such fun names as Panic, Home, and Bird-in-Hand. Are any of those listed? None of those are in the book. I'm always curious about Bird-in-Hand when I see it on maps, though. If I recall it's located near the other infamously named Pennsylvania town of Intercourse. Let's see what Wikipedia has to say: Home, Pennsylvania received its name because its first post office was located in the "home" of postmaster Hugh Cannon in 1834. The legend of the naming of Bird-in-Hand concerns the time when the Old Philadelphia Pike was surveyed between Lancaster and Philadelphia. According to legend, two road surveyors discussed whether they should stay at their present location or go on to the town of Lancaster. One of them supposedly said, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," which means it is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than the mere potential of a greater one; and so they stayed. Panic, Pennsylvania most likely was named after the Panic of 1873. A folk etymology maintains the name originated when a pioneer fought off a bear with an axe. I like the folk etymology for Panic better than the actual probable origin, so I'm just gonna go with that one 
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The folk option is always the correct option, even if it is less factual accurate
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Oct 11, 2020 15:55
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I have a similar book "Indian Names of Places, Etc., In and On the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them." originally published in 1881. https://books.google.com/books?id=GuJCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Pretty much every native word you can come across in Connecticut is in the book and most native words you find in New England you could probably decipher. 
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Oct 11, 2020 19:23
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RFC2324 posted:The folk option is always the correct option, even if it is less factual accurate
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What was that place ...uhhh they used the same name for alot of the rivers and landmarks, because the surveyors were asking a local tribe what they called it, and kept giving that one answer. Turns out they were saying " We have no idea what you are asking us" / " I do not understand you"
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