WHAT’S IN A NAME?
' The inhabitants of a village near Tetovo, in Macedonia, bearing the remarkable name of Neproshteno, or ii Un for given,” have been granted official permission to rechristen it Andreyevo, after the child prince Andrew of Yugoslavia. . The legend runs that 300 years ago an old, white-bearded bishop, disguised as a mendicant, begged a drink of water in this village. The inhabitants not only refused but _ stoned the stranger, whereupon, raising his hands to heaven, he called down a curse upon them, praying to God that their sin should never be forgiven. . From that day 'nothing prospered in the once flourishing village; crops of the best promise withered at harvest time, and strange diseases smote the population. As a last resort the villagers have decided to change the name of their village in the hope that. this may bring them better fortune.
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Evening Star, Issue 22596, 13 March 1937, Page 7
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145WHAT’S IN A NAME? Evening Star, Issue 22596, 13 March 1937, Page 7
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