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   Message 1,199 of 1,275   
   CaCa Doodle to All   
   Re: GERONIMO'S REAL NAME   
   12 May 09 13:13:29   
   
   From: yumyum@dontmail.com   
      
   In article <26924-4A087AB4-1716@storefull-3173.bay.webtv.net>,   
   bronco3006@webtv.net says...   
   >   
   >Was Goyahkla which means one who   
   >yawns. The Mexicans referred to him as Geronimo.   
      
   According to legend, Geronimo is for St.Jerome,   
   patron saint of translators, librarians and encyclopedists.   
   It seems rather odd to me that he would be named   
   for a saint that has that association. There   
   are several stories about why the Mexicans called   
   him that - but the one that seems to have the longest   
   legs is that the Mexicans pleaded to St. Jerome to   
   save them during one of the times they were losing to   
   the Apache raider.   
      
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