WHY were woman called GOODT Smith and GOODY Jones???? I was watching a movie Crucible and ALL married women had GOODY before their last names????? Is this a form of Mrs? Or a title of some sort??????
2006-08-12 02:38:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It was their way of saying goodwife, if the person wasn't married then the term lady was used. It was a common practice within the puritan community. Did you know that the only person that did admit to witchcraft was not put to death? That person was Titchiba the Haitian slave. She knew that she would only be imprisoned and her property taken away. Since she was a slave she owned no property. She was inprisioned for the length of the trials, and release later to be hired as a housekeeper to someone else later. Just a bit of history.
2006-08-12 04:35:04 · answer #1 · answered by ldyrhiannon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-24 21:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my goodness, who taught you history? It was definitely the common term for Mrs. Goodwife or Goody, was meant to remind them that they were wives and Christians.
2006-08-12 16:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 of my favorite movies goody was meant to be mrs. back then
2006-08-12 17:25:59 · answer #4 · answered by gina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kma got it right. It's short for "Goodwife". This is some sort of archaic term for married women, I guess.
2006-08-12 03:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Ana 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't anyone "read" any more as in read, Plays and Novels American History etc etc..R-E-A-D literature to understand it and enjoy it as a door on the world as it once was...or must this generation always reply on Warner Bros and Disney.
2006-08-12 02:45:59 · answer #6 · answered by B'klyn Barracuda 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree it is short for goodwife and this is another way of saying Mrs.
2006-08-12 02:40:06 · answer #7 · answered by Kitia_98 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it was a polite form of addressing someone, like sir or madame
2006-08-12 02:42:48 · answer #8 · answered by Timothy C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a title, much like "Mrs."
2006-08-12 04:46:45 · answer #9 · answered by ashcatash 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-12 02:42:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋