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I think this article needs either a photo or a diagram of the location of the furcula in a bird. Cburnett 02:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Norse barbarians? Isn't that a bit POV?

And do pigs really have wishbones? Manormadman 03:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)Manormadman[reply]

only flying pigs LOL 93.219.189.191 (talk) 07:17, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Etruscans, Merrythought and pulley/Thanksgiving bone

The link supporting the "pulley bone" claim is dead. o0drogue0o 17:28, 28 October 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by O0drogue0o (talk • contribs)

"The furcula is sometimes referred to in common vernacular as a merrythought because of the tradition that when two people hold the two sides of the bone and pull it apart, the one who gets the larger part will have a wish granted.^{[citation needed]} Because this is commonly a Thanksgiving tradition, this bone is also called the Thanksgiving bone.^{[citation needed]} In the Southern United States, it is also referred to as pulley bone, especially when served as a piece of chicken with meat from both adjacent breasts attached. ^{[citation needed]} Splitting the wishbone originates from the Etruscans.^{[citation needed]}"

I have moved the above paragraph from the article to here as it remains uncited. --Cornellier (talk) 13:10, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]