wishing-bone

Bella chose a merry-thought; little Sarah liked a hug-me-fast; Carry took a wishing-bone; Thomas said he would have the other drum-stick to help beat the monkey, and Fanny thanked her Grandma for a wing, so that she could fly away when the beating of the monkey took place.

The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls Unknown

A Hamburger fowl or a French poussin is good and tender, but he is nothing to be compared with the succulent Finlander, whose wishing-bone is not one inch long.

Through Finland in Carts

Let two persons break the wishing-bone of a fowl; the one who gets the longest piece will get his wish.

Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873