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A rather
extensive collection of funny stories told on magic lantern slides Part 12 |
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The one-legged goose A small set of magic lantern slides made by Alfred Pumphrey, c. 1880. |
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| Portrait of Herefordshire gentleman | Gentleman's cook and gardener cutting off one leg of goose while cooking |
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| Gentleman remonstrates with cook, who says the goose only had one, and there were lots more like it | Cook shows the master the geese with one leg |
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Of course the cook and the gardener will have eaten that
goose leg themselves. It was a clever trick. It is normal for geese to stand on one leg in winter to keep warm. They hide one of their legs under their feathers for a while and when it is warm enough, they do this with the other leg. |
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