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Articles on furcula (not in any particular order - most recently read first)
ORIGINS OF BREAKING THE WISHBONE: HORSESHOES, GROINS AND CHICKEN OUIJA BOARDS - Madeleine D’Este, folklorethursday.com (2017)
“But the wishbone is not only for making wishes, the furcula is also used to divine the weather. Geese are traditionally eaten on St Martin’s Night (11th November) and the thickness of the wishbone of a goose predicts the severity of the coming winter.”
Why Do We Wish on the Turkey’s Wishbone? - Matt Soniak, Mental Floss (2017)
”When a chicken was killed, the furcula was laid out in the sun to dry so that it could be preserved and so that people would still have access to the oracle's power even after eating it.”
The fabulous flight-facilitating furcula - Dr Dave Hone, The Guardian (2016)
“This familiar little bone is shaped somewhere between a U and a V sits in the upper chest of a bird and acts to help support this area of the body under the strains of flight.”
