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These geese seem to enjoy watching Bernard weaving his wares! Pliny the Elder had some paticularly fascinating fowl thoughts. Here's an excerpt from Natural History Book 10, 26-29:
Geese keep careful watch; the cackling of geese warned of an attack at the Capitol in Rome. Geese may have the power of wisdom, as shown by the story of a goose who was the companion of the philosopher Lacydes and refused to leave his side. Geese are valued for their liver, which is a great delicacy, and for their feathers, especially the soft inner down.
Geese came on foot to Rome from Gaul; if one gets tired it is moved to the front, so that it is forced to continue by the press of the geese behind it. Medicine can be made by mixing goose fat with cinnamon in a bronze bowl, covering it with snow and letting it steep. Only the ostrich reaches a greater size than the goose. Geese kept in a fishpond lose their flavor, and stubbornly hold their breath until they die. Visit Guédelon Blog
Geese came on foot to Rome from Gaul; if one gets tired it is moved to the front, so that it is forced to continue by the press of the geese behind it. Medicine can be made by mixing goose fat with cinnamon in a bronze bowl, covering it with snow and letting it steep. Only the ostrich reaches a greater size than the goose. Geese kept in a fishpond lose their flavor, and stubbornly hold their breath until they die. Visit Guédelon Blog
3 comments:
It sounds as if geese take care of its own with moving the tired ones forward to be pressed on by the force of the ones behind it. Compassionate somehow. I will have to think twice about ordering pate in the future.
I didn't know that there were watch-geese way back when. I imagine that it would have been difficult to miss the loud cackling of an alarmed goose.
Ooh, French geese! Ahahaa oui oui honk honk!
Geese scare me, frankly! lol But these are quaint looking.
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