Why doesn't this work? 
#!/usr/bin/perl5 -w
##########################################################
%fred = (1 => "un", 2 => "deux", 3 => "trois");
%mary = (1 => "eins", 2 => "zwei", 3 => "drei");

print "\nfred:"; 
for (keys %fred) {printf "\t%3s: %-8s", $_, $fred{$_}};
print "\nmary:"; 
for (keys %mary) {printf "\t%3s: %-8s", $_, $mary{$_}};

print "\n";
@nm = qw(fred mary);
for $n (@nm) {print "\n$n:";
for (keys %{$n}){printf "\t%3s: %-8s", $_, ${$n}{$_}}}

my %fred1 = (1 => "yksi", 2 => "kaksi", 3 => "kolme");
my %mary1 = (1 => "uno", 2 => "due", 3 => "tre");

use strict;

my @nm1 = qw(fred1 mary1);
print "\n";
for my $n (@nm1)
{
    print "\n$n:";
    for my $m (keys %{$n})
    {
        printf "\t%3s: %-8s", $m, ${$n}{$m};
    }
}
print "\n";

__END__

(svmoloch:szhxrv) $ ./test_hashname.pl

fred:     1: un           2: deux         3: trois   
mary:     1: eins         2: zwei         3: drei    

fred:     1: un           2: deux         3: trois   
mary:     1: eins         2: zwei         3: drei    

Can't use string ("fred1") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at
+ ./test_hashname.pl line 27.
fred1:

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