ALL IN A NAME!
About the end of the 18th century, there lived in Dublin a tobacconist called "Halfpenny." Now that is quite a good 'and respectable name, not one to be ashamed of. But. the man "got on" and his silly children persuaded him in his latter years to his name, which they considered to be undignified. The old. man complied with their wish by simply dropping a letter or two. He died and was buried as Mr. Halpen. His children continued to prosper, and his eldest son, upon turning his back on the retail trade, made another change in the family name by dropping the H. Just about this time Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake was published, and everything Gaelic became fashionable. Then, it is said, the man who, when a small boy had run about the Dublin streets as Kenny Halfpenny, made one more alteration in his name, and blossomed forth as Kenneth MacAlpin.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 201, 26 August 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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159ALL IN A NAME! Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 201, 26 August 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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