What is a wishing bone?

Wishing bone is a forked bone in the breast of a turkey. There is an ancient custom that when eating this bone, two people have to compete and one person has to pull at the same time. If the bones are long, they will have good luck and secretly make a wish. So wishbone is called "wishing bone", or "wishing bone".

There is a slender bone in the chest of a chicken in the shape of "Y". Take it out completely, and then two people hold both ends of the fork and pull it hard. Whoever has a top in the middle of his bone is the lucky one. In the tradition of some western countries, people will make a wish with the collarbone of birds (mainly turkeys or chickens), and it is said that the wish can come true. So the clavicle of chicken is also called "wishing bone".

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In modern times, the British brought this tradition to the new world. Americans now regard turkeys as "wishing bones". Pulling the collarbone of the turkey, lucky break, has become the highlight of a turkey dinner.

This custom has a history of thousands of years, dating back to Roman times. People use this collarbone of chicken to divine and dispel evil spirits. The V-shaped gill cover of birds is the fusion of two collarbones. As a unit, it plays a supporting role in flight and provides greater stability for pectoralis major.

Phoenix Net-Tom, the cat and mouse, was tricked into making a wish with a wishing bone, and his wish really came true.