ActionScript 2.0 :: Dynamically Addressing The Movieclip?

i have this on my buttons (movieclips):

on (rollOver) {
name=this._name;
path=this._target;
_root.push (name, path);
}

on the timeline i have the function:

_root.push = function (name, path){
trace(name);
name.gotoAndPlay("over");
}

on rollOver i want to dynamically pass a movieclips name to a function which controls that the movieclip should goto its frame named "over", but i cant get the adressing to work.if i trace the variable "name" in the example it gives me the moviename correctly. so i guess my syntax is wrong.the function doesnt work with the path variable either.