Originally the word “ handfast ” came into English from Norse languages, and meant the act of sealing any bargain by taking hands.

The official tourism website of the nation explains this alternative name by stating: Originally called “ Guardia Nobile ” ( Noble Guard ), this name is still sometimes used today to underscore the highly prestigious institutional duties the Corps is called upon to perform.

Originally, the Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial indicated a right to “ a trial by jury as understood and applied at common law, and includes all the essential elements as they were recognized in this country and England when the Constitution was adopted .” Therefore, it was held that juries had to be composed of twelve persons and that verdicts had to be unanimous, as was customary in England.

Originally taking part in Kommune 1, his comical take on revolutionary activity had him dubbed “ fun guerilla ” by the general public.

Unity began without intention of becoming a “ church ” as demonstrated by the name “ Unity School of Christianity .” For the first three-quarters of a century, “ it had been an auxiliary type of religion, a booster station amplifying the power of Christian faith .” ( Bach, 1965, p 5 ) Originally it was “ A religious-educational movement teaching the use of God-consciousness in everyday life, clarifying the working of divine law, explaining the action of the mind which it calls the connecting link between God and man .” ( Bach, 1965, p 5 ) Leaders and followers, equally shared their understandings in attempts to find “ universal truths ,” or laws that were true for all persons, all religions, all places, all times.

Originally named Strawbridge by founder Cyrus W. “ Charley ” Wilson, the name was later changed in honor of railroad Engineer Joseph P. Sanderson.

Originally Tai fell for skater Travis ( Breckin Meyer ), but Cher tried to set up Tai with “ it boy ” Elton to boost her popularity.

Originally brought to life by the pioneers of the timber industry, the town of Graeagle was the site of the Graeagle Lumber Company and its “ Box Factory ” owned by the California Fruit Exchange.

Nathaniel Ramsay / Key-Ramsey House Site ( CE-1300 ): Originally, the home of Francis Key, birthplace of John Ross Key and Father of Francis Scott Key composer of the “ Star Spangled Banner .” This structure was indicated in Benjamin Latrobe ’ s 1813 sketch of Charlestown, located where the Charlestown Parsonage for St. John ’ s Methodist Church stands today.

Fallis was founded in 1892, just south of an Indian village on the western edge of the Iowa Reservation, in a wooded area and “ on a long red hill .” Originally named Mission 1892-1894, it was renamed in 1894 for its for its prime developer and first postmaster, Judge William Henry Fallis.

Originally known as “ the Manor of Moreland ”, it became the Township of Moreland in 1718.

Kershaw County ’ s official web site states, “ Originally laid out in 1732 as the town of Fredericksburg in the Wateree River swamp ( south of the present town ) when King George III ordered eleven inland townships established along South Carolina's rivers, few of the area settlers chose to take lots surveyed in the town, choosing the higher ground to the north.

Originally, the area that would become North Bend was platted as “ Snoqualmie ” in February 1889 by Will Taylor.

Originally 150 days work was provided in the forests, but “ In practice, of course, these smallholdings attracted the cream of our men whom we were glad to employ on fulltime …” Existing and often derelict agricultural dwellings were adapted and new ones built to a small number of basic designs.

Originally called “ Goofus ” and done as a comedic farm dance to the song “ Turkey in the Straw ,” the dance was performed by Leonard Reed and Willie Bryant around the South while they were touring with the Whitman Sisters Troupe.

By 1976 John “ Jay ” David ( ex Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show ) had replaced Franz on drums, and they issued a single “ Bar in my Car ”, on Buffalo Records, but the record company “ tanked as soon as the record came out .” Originally titled " I'm Gonna Put a Bar in the Back of My Car ( And Drive Myself to Drink )", the song appears on numerous internet lists of " worst country song titles " as being from their album Fear of Frying, but this is incorrect.

Originally, this valley was called Coyotoc by the native Zoque population, which means “ land or house of rabbits .” The Aztecs intruded into the area and named it “ Tochtlán ” which means the same thing.

Originally, the B ( wireline ) side license was usually owned by the local phone company, and the A ( non-wireline ) license was given to wireless telephone providers.

Originally the small settlement was controlled by abbots from the local abbey, and when the first weekly market was set up in 1107 by Henry I, he decreed that the proceeds go to Evesham Abbey.

Originally they were subdivisions of the royal administration, but from the 13th century A. D. they became self-governments of the nobles and kept this character until the 19th century when in turn they became modern local governments.

Originally the agate carving industry around Idar and Oberstein was driven by local deposits that were mined in the 15th century.

Originally, a " local and popular term " first applied to the Ismailis of Syria, the label was orally transmitted to Western historians and thus found itself in their histories of the Nizaris.

Originally hauling mainly agricultural products and serving as a deterrent to the Santa Fe building up from the south, the line was converted to narrow gauge in 1926, and later delivered pipe and other construction materials to the local oil and natural gas industry into the 1960s.

Originally built in 1832 for the Maccracken Family, this Federal home is constructed predominantly of brick and local limestone.

Originally the town focused around the Roman Catholic community that settled near a regular local market frequented by the population of the region on the lower reaches of the river.

Originally seen as a spur route, to be designated Interstate 297, it was planned to be built along the Maryland Route 3 corridor, but the proposed route was canceled because of local opposition.

Originally two separate metropolitan boroughs with their own town halls and administrations, it has today a single united local government authority, the Kensington & Chelsea London Borough Council, based in Kensington.

Originally a farming community, nineteenth-century Norfolk saw the rise of numerous small factories, many of which fabricated tools and farming implements from local iron ore, and mills, which took advantage of fast-flowing mountain streams.

Originally settled by Puritans as part of the town of New Haven, Hamden was purchased by Theophilus Eaton and the Reverend John Davenport in 1638 from the local Quinnipiack Native American tribe.

Originally settled by the Nauset tribe, Eastham was the site where in 1621 a hunting expedition comprised from the crew of the sailing vessel Mayflower, which had stopped in Provincetown harbor on Cape Cod Bay after a rough crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, which led to the first encounter of the Pilgrims and the local Nauset Indians at First Encounter Beach.

Originally a dwelling, the ground floor was converted to commercial use around 1845 by William Allinson, a druggist, local historian, and leading Quaker abolitionist.

Originally called Wahatquenak by the local Lenni Lenape Native Americans, the Maurice River is said to be named for a local legend, in which a Dutch ship on the river, the Prince Maurice, was sunk by the local Native Americans in 1657.

Originally encompassing Morris County and parts of both Sussex and Warren County, Hanover Township became too unwieldy for a single local government as time passed.

Originally encompassing all of Morris County and parts of Sussex and Warren County, Hanover Township became too unwieldy for a single local government to maintain.

Originally the center of local commerce, the borough has evolved into a destination for boutique retail and dining.

Originally established in the early 19th century as an outpost and stop on the stage line that ran between Salisbury, North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia, called Wrights Crossroads, the Reidsville community grew from a single home and inn owned by the family of Reuben Reid ( a local farmer, businessman, and justice of the peace who was the father of David S. Reid ) into a thriving farming community primarily supporting tobacco production and cigarette manufacturing.

Originally run solely by the local volunteer fire department, it has become an event staffed by volunteers from all across the community.

Originally called Jefferson, it was the county seat of Pike County from 1815 – 1845, when it was decided by James Emmitt, a wealthy local entrepreneur, to move the county seat to Waverly due to its closer proximity to the then new Ohio & Erie Canal.

Originally named Coo-Y-Yah, Cherokee for Huckleberry, it was renamed Pryor Creek, the name of the local railroad station ( named for the creek ).

Originally there were 15 local government entities in the area.

Originally invented in the 1980s in the Eastern Asia region, bubble tea has since become popular in Australia, USA and Europe.

Originally, it was considered a somewhat expensive fad, as it lacked the live atmosphere of a real performance and 100 yen in the 1970s was the price of two typical lunches, but it caught on as a popular kind of entertainment.

Originally invented in Naples, Italy, the dish has since become popular in many parts of the world.

Originally a Frankish weapon, the winged spear also was popular with the Vikings.

Originally a form of vermin control to protect livestock, fox hunting became a popular social activity for newly wealthy upper classes in Victorian times, and a traditional rural activity for riders and foot followers alike.

Originally stemmed from ideas of Sierra's adventure game Softporn Adventure created by designer Chuck Benton, the " Larry " games were one of Sierra's most popular game series during the genre's heyday when it was first released in the mid 1980s.

Originally developed for Commodore Amiga, Lemmings was one of the most popular video games of its time, and several gaming magazines gave it some of their highest review scores at the time.

Originally intended for rifles, the popular. 32-20,. 38-40 and. 44-40 calibers could also be fired in revolvers.

Originally written for SunOS ( a variant of UNIX ) on Sun machines, FrameMaker was a popular technical writing tool, and the company was profitable early on.

Originally intended only to be featured in the first chapter, he proved so popular with test players that he was written to re-appear at several points later in the game.

Originally one of Lizzie and Miranda's best friends, Kate becomes popular because she got a bra after summer camp was over ; as a result of her new-found popularity, Kate becomes Lizzie and Miranda's enemy.

Originally Morecambe and Wise objected to sharing a bed ( which would become one of their most popular and fondly remembered character traits ), but Braben countered that if it was good enough for Laurel and Hardy it was surely good enough for Morecambe and Wise.

Originally adopted into the royal cult, Resheph became a popular deity in the Ramesside Period, at the same time disappearing from royal inscriptions.

Originally, the town was referred to as Mount Pleasant, but the name shifted in popular parlance to Darnes and eventually Darnestown.

Originally part of Royal Oak Township, Madison Heights incorporated as a city by popular vote on January 17, 1955, and chartered on December 6 that same year, becoming the tenth city government in southern Oakland County.

Originally named Hot Springs, the city changed its name to Truth or Consequences, the title of a popular NBC radio program.

Originally created by the Methodist Church close to the depot for the summer church meetings popular at the time, it soon became part of the Chautauqua movement, which appealed to a desire for self-improvement.

Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, the company popularized the collectible card game genre with Magic: The Gathering in the mid-1990s, acquired the popular Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game by purchasing the failing company TSR, and experienced tremendous success by publishing the licensed Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Originally featuring classic sitcoms such as The Donna Reed Show, Mr. Ed and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, programming changed to repeats of popular sitcoms from the 1980s and 1990s such as Full House, Home Improvement, The Cosby Show and Roseanne.

Originally referred to by the press as simply " The Auto Bandits ", the gang was dubbed " The Bonnot Gang " after Jules Bonnot gave an interview at the office of Le Petit Parisien, a popular daily paper.

Originally these choirs where formed as the tenor and bass sections of chapel choirs, and embraced the popular secular hymns of the day.

Originally less common as a military weapon than the jian-the straight, double-edged blade of China-the dao became popular with cavalry during the Han dynasty due to its sturdiness, superiority as a chopping weapon, and relative ease of use-it was generally said that it takes a week to attain competence with a dao / saber, a month to attain competence with a qiang / spear, and a year to attain competence with a jian / straight sword.

Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage confusion, angst, alienation, and rebellion.