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• Tuther — This medieval name is job descriptive, either for a maker of head chains or ropes (tethers) or a metonymic for a jailer or warder. It is also possible that it was job descriptive for a stablehand, one responsible for tethering and feeding the… …   Surnames reference

• Yan Tan Tethera — was a traditional numeric jargon used by shepherds to count sheep in northern England and southern Scotland. Until the Industrial Revolution, the use of specialised traditional number systems was common among shepherds, especially in the dales of …   Wikipedia

• Tather — Recorded in several forms as shown below, this medieval surname is English. It is occupational either for a maker of head chains or ropes (tethers) or a metonymic for a jailer or warder. It is also possible that it was job descriptive for a… …   Surnames reference

• Tatters — Recorded in several forms as shown below, this medieval surname is English. It is occupational either for a maker of head chains or ropes (tethers) or a metonymic for a jailer or warder. It is also possible that it was job descriptive for a… …   Surnames reference

• Teather — This medieval name is job descriptive, either for a maker of head chains or ropes (tethers) or a metonymic for a jailer or warder. It is also possible that it was job descriptive for a stablehand, one responsible for tethering and feeding the… …   Surnames reference

• Tother — This medieval name is job descriptive, either for a maker of head chains or ropes (tethers) or a metonymic for a jailer or warder. It is also possible that it was job descriptive for a stablehand, one responsible for tethering and feeding the… …   Surnames reference

• Tether — This early medieval surname is job descriptive, either for a maker of head chains or ropes (tethers) or it may be a metonymic for a jailer or warder, one who tethered . It is also possible that it was job descriptive for a stablehand, one… …   Surnames reference

• Tetther — This early medieval surname is job descriptive, either for a maker of head chains or ropes (tethers) or it may be a metonymic for a jailer or warder, one who tethered . It is also possible that it was job descriptive for a stablehand, one… …   Surnames reference