{"id":1349,"date":"2011-11-23T22:33:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T22:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterpatedds.com\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2011-11-23T22:33:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T22:33:15","slug":"what-is-the-wishbone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/what-is-the-wishbone\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Wishbone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Breaking the wishbone is a popular Thanksgiving tradition<\/a>. You may have battled your siblings for a shot at the wishbone pull since you were a kid, but how much do you know about the history of the wishbone?<\/p>\n

1. What is the wishbone?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. The collarbone
\nb. The rib
\nc. The leg<\/p>\n

2. What animal’s bones were believed to have supernatural powers in medieval Europe?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Turkey
\nb. Chicken
\nc. Goose<\/p>\n

3. Who started the Thanksgiving tradition of breaking the wishbone?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Your grandparents
\nb. The Pilgrims
\nc. The president<\/p>\n

4. What is commonly believed to happen when you get the bigger half of the wishbone?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. You get money
\nb. You\u2019re unlucky
\nc. Your wish will come true<\/p>\n

5. What is another name for the wishbone?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. The lucky bone
\nb. The merrythought
\nc. The bone of thanks<\/p>\n

Answers:<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. A. <\/strong>The wishbone is the clavicle part of the bird that rests over the breastbone.<\/li>\n
  2. C.<\/strong> Ancient European belief was that goose bones could predict the severity of the winter.<\/li>\n
  3. B.<\/strong> The Pilgrims brought the European belief that a goose bone could bring good luck, but they adapted the idea to the turkey during Thanksgiving.<\/li>\n
  4. C.<\/strong> The bigger half of the wishbone gets you the \u201clucky break,\u201d or a wish that will come true.<\/li>\n
  5. B.<\/strong> The \u201cmerrythought\u201d is the older, original term for the bone; \u201cwishbone\u201d was adapted by American tradition of wishing on the bone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you got the bigger half and wished for a dazzling smile, Dr. Pate<\/a> can make it come true. Contact Dentistry in Buckhead<\/a> at 404-266-9424 to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How much do you know about the Thanksgiving tradition of breaking the wishbone? Dr. Pate can give you the smile you’ve been wishing for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,18],"tags":[135,152,322,327,527,531,591,594,713,1019,1121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}