Yet achieving the larger half of the bone is a different story. Some argue that standing still and letting your opponent do all of the work is the key to success. For others, there is no single formula for winning the wishbone game; rather, it takes strength, skill and quite a bit of sheer luck. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Check out the new Million Gardens Movement website and get gardening!
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You see, these Romans believed that birds possessed divine powers. They also believed that keeping this particular bone would give them access to those powers.
But it gets more complicated than that: The person who ended up with the bigger half of the bone would get their wish granted, while the unlucky other person would not. The custom of snapping these bones in two after dinner came to us from the English, who got it from the Romans, who got it from the Etruscans, an ancient Italian civilization.
As far as historians and archaeologists can tell, the Etruscans were really into their chickens, and believed that the birds were oracles and could predict the future. Bits of food were scattered on each wedge and a chicken was placed in the center of the circle. When a chicken was killed, the furcula was laid out in the sun to dry so that it could be preserved and so that people would still have access to the oracle's power even after eating it.
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