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From: "John Davis" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] "Suky" nickname represents what given name?
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:09:47 -0700
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According to one source (
http://www.folk-network.com/products/notes/pollyhang.html ), Sukey was a pet
form of Susan in middle class families in the mid-eighteenth century
(England?). I remember the old nursery song that they cite there, this one:

Polly put the kettle on,
Polly put the kettle on,
Polly put the kettle on,
We'll all have tea.
Sukey take it off again,
Sukey take it off again,
Sukey take it off again,
They've all gone away.

According to the same source "Polly" was a pet form of Mary at the time. I
suppose anybody can be called anything. I'm called a lot of things.

John Davis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peg Sours" <>
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Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 11:58 PM
Subject: [TMG] "Suky" nickname represents what given name?


> Has anyone come across the use of "Suky" [around the mid-1800s?]
>
> What given name does this nickname generally/commonly represent??
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