At 12:34 PM 1/21/2003 -0800, David Silberstein wrote: >On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-Student) wrote: > > >> From: David Silberstein [mailto:davids at kithrup.com] > >> > >>Page 4: Can anyone figure out how you get "Luchia of North > >> Leatherleaf" from Emma Bull? Leatherleaf sounds botanical, > >> but I could not associate it with either Pansy or Violet > >> (I am not sure which one is Emma and which one is Lorraine), > >> and I have no idea what else might be a match. > > > >Not sure, other than to point out the connection between "leather" and > >"bull". > >It also occurred to me that a papal _bull_ is written on parchment; >might a piece of parchment be a leaf of leather? But that feels >overstrained, besides the fact that the papal bull derives from >"bulla", which is the seal rather than the substance written on, and >fails to explain "Luchia". > >Hmm. "Lucia" derives from "light". St. Lucia's feast day is Dec. 13; >is that Emma's bithday? I probably shouldn't spoil your fun, but Emma's middle name is Lucinda.