tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747740525653982718.post2766322530603861855..comments2023-10-10T04:53:41.897-04:00Comments on RAMBLINGS: Cuffy, or Cuffee?Fiddlin Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083633111240927563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747740525653982718.post-12367699976504261842018-11-12T00:32:06.620-05:002018-11-12T00:32:06.620-05:00It is a name from Africa which means, I think, Fri...It is a name from Africa which means, I think, Friday. It was/is a way of naming children by the day of the week they were born. Chickens and Dogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596015657988542391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747740525653982718.post-78534969855214009312017-05-30T23:44:21.638-04:002017-05-30T23:44:21.638-04:00Wikipedia has an article about a slave named Cuffy...Wikipedia has an article about a slave named Cuffy (or Kofi)who led a slave rebellion in present-day Guyana in 1763, for which he is today a national hero. A 1913 Webster's dictionary has "Cuffy" as "a name for a Negro."loggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16146186642465457368noreply@blogger.com