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Identifier: worldbookorganiz04oshe (find matches)
Title: The World book : organized knowledge in story and picture
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Foster, Ellsworth D Locke, George Herbert, 1870-1937
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago : Hanson-Roach-Fowler
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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om the livers of fattened geesethe delicately-flavored paste known as pate dejoie gras is made. The food value of goose ishigh, the percentage of fat and protein beingmore than that of beef. This prized game birdis protected from slaughter, except for briefseasons, in nearly all the states and Canadianprovinces. In History and Literature. The story of thesacred geese that saved the city of Rome isone of the most interesting narratives of earlyRoman historj-. In 390 b. c. the Romans wereattacked by a fierce northern race of peoplecalled Gauls.Finallj driven totheir last placeof refuge, a steep,rocky hill knownas the Capitol,they prepared towithstand a longsiege. One nightas the ConsulM a n 1 i u s laysleeping beside his sword, near ^ , ^ , , WEDGE-SHAPED the Temple of FORMATION Juno, where were The appearance of geese on kept the sacred the wing when migrating. geese, he was awakened by a clamorous out-burst of hissing and cackling. Grasping hissword, Manlius rushed to the walls of the
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GOOSEBERRY 2536 GOPHER fortress and discovered that the enemy hadclimbed the steep rock and were about tostorm the place. Then the other Romans,awakened by the clamor of the frightenedbirds, hurried from their sleeping places tothe spot where the brave consul was defendingthe walls, and in the battle which followedcompletely routed the Gauls. The Christmas goose is often mentioned inEnglish stories; lovers of Dickens ChristmasCarol will recall its prominence in that favoriteamong Christmas tales. One of the old, fa-miliar fables is the story of a goose that laideach day a golden egg. How its greedy masterkilled it and cut it open, hoping to find in itsbody untold wealth and found nothing, is oftentold to impress the lesson that greediness neverwins Us anything. e.t.s. Consult Elliotts Wild Fowl of the United Statesatid British Possessions; Shaws Wild Fowl. Re-lating to domestic varieties, consult FarmersBulletin 6Ji, United States Department of Agri-culture, Ducks and Geese. GOOSEBERR

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