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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Turkey Tug-of-War by Rebecca Katzman

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 9
Date: November 11, 2016
Article: Turkey Tug-of-War
Author:  Rebecca Katzman
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Answer Key

1. The furcula is known as wishbone.
2. The furcula is a symbol of good luck.
3. Your wish will come true if you get the bigger piece of a wishbone.
4. The Etruscans lived in Northern Italy.
5. Etruscans believed birds were divine creatures.
6. Etruscans started the wishbone tradition.
7. Etruscans passed the wishbone tradition to the Romans.
8. The English picked up the tradition of the wishbone in the 16th century.
9. The English brought the practice to the New World.
10. The Romans used chickens for the wishbone, but the English used wild turkeys.

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