What's in a name?

I am reading a book called "Hooked for Life Adventures of a Crochet Zealot" by Mary Beth Temple. It's different. Here are some tidbits from it. Did you know that Irish Crochet is really French? It was started in France by a French lady. I've always wondered about a name I still can't pronounce and that sounds like - anti-macsacre, or Auntie Mascara. Those dollies that my Mom and grandmother used to crochet and pin to the back of our upholstered chairs are called antimacassars. Such a strange name for such a beautiful piece of lace. Well, it seems that back in those old days, men put an oily substance on their hair called macassar. And they would not only lean back on their comfortable favorite upholstered chair, but rub their hands thru their hair and get that macassar on those lovely chairs. You can guess the rest. The dictionary says that it is pronounce an-ti-muh-kass-er. Who would have ever known!!!!