LL-L "Folklore" 2004.01.05 (04) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: "Folklore" [E]

> From: Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk
> Subject: LL-L Folklore
>
> Barnacle Geese, and Eels ...
>
> Dear Lowlanders,
>
> A piece of folklore emerged. They are called "Barnacle Geese",
> it was said, because it has been believed that they hatch from
> barnacles (in fact the so-called Goose Barnacles which typically
> grow on ships' timbers or floating wood, attached by a peduncle
> or "stalk", and get washed ashore).
>
> The belief had its uses. Being hatched in this way, these geese
> were held to be fish, not fowl, and therefore legitimate for eating
> on a Friday. Possibly a case where the wish may have been father to
> the thought ...
>
> However, I would be most interested in any comments on the above,
> or on similar folk legends in the LL domain.

I've come across this exact report in the book "13 Ghost Stories From
Whitby" (I can't give you more details because I can't find it in my huge
collection of books!).

This is Whitby on the north-east Yorkshire coast, England, but the details
are so similar to what you've just reported, I'd say researchers are copying
from each other, or from a common source!

Scots for "barnacle goose" is "claik".

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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From: Heiko Evermann <Heiko.Evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2004.01.05 (03) [E]

Hi Ron,

>For the benefit of those who do not know what a barnacle geese and
barnacles
>are, here some help:
>
>
>Zool.: Branta leucopsis (~ Bernicla leucopsis)
>Arabic: الإوز البرنق? ل
>Chinese: 白額黑雁
>Czech: Berneška bělolící
>Danish: Bramgås
...

>Turkish: Yaban kazı
>
Where did you find that list of translations?

Gröten,

Heiko

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Folklore

Heiko,

> Where did you find that list of translations?

Wouldn't *you* like to know?  ;-)  Actually, it's pieced together from a
variety of on- and offline references resources.

But what is the Lowlands Saxon (Low German) name?  *_Brandgous_
(<Brandgoos>)? *_Seygous_ (<Seegoos_)? *_Nunnengous_ (<Nunnengoos>)?

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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