fowl

• She had beef and corn and apples and a variety of other grains and fruits, as well as an assortment of vegetables and cheeses, but except for one small and not very productive chicken bush the fowl were all long since vanished; the lamb, mutton, and pork had become inedible, and the candies and cordials that had once been her special delight were dead and gone. —  With A Single Spell
• If the tongue of a goose be cut out when the fowl is alive, and laid on the breast of a man or woman when asleep, he or she will confess every sin of life. —  The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
• The widow thought her fowl might be among the broken ground, where the stream runs at the back of the Knockawn, and the three went in that direction. —  Strangers at Lisconnel
• Even if I think it best never to see him again, he has given me that, and I am young at last When she returned home, as the guinea fowl were at their raucous matins, she was able to tell her mother that the Scot had not attended the ball, and Mary Fawcett knew that Dr. Hamilton had managed to detain him But a fortnight later they met again at the house of Dr. George Irwin, an intimate friend of the Hamiltons The Irwin's house in Basseterre was on the north side of the Park, which was surrounded by other fine dwellings and several public buildings. —  The Conqueror
• This fowl is then killed, cooked, and eaten by the parents, and any friends that may be present During the first three days the child receives its bath in a wooden vessel in the house, but on the fourth day it is taken to the river. —  Children of Borneo

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