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TAKE THE WISHBONE FROM A TURKEY OR A CHICKEN. LET
IT DRY OUT. THEN HAVE ONE PERSON HOLD ONE SIDE;
ANOTHER PERSON HOLD THE OTHER. EACH MAKE A WISH
AND THEN PULL. THE WISH WILL COME TRUE FOR THE
PERSON WHO GETS THE BIGGEST PART.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG
ABOUT 1910 IN DETROIT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SOUTHFIELD

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 05-12-1965 ; 00-00-1910

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