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When two people break a wish bone of either a chicken
or a turkey, the person who gets the larger end gets
to make a wish and it will come true.

Submitter comment: Informant said that his family believed in this for
as long as he can remember because it was a
Thanksgiving Day tradition.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: 00001930S

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