Vernal Express | 1978-12-21 | Page 31 | American Turkey Has Foreign Name

m. u You'll eat your turkey and like it this but do you know where this festival bird got its turkey is the only species of poultry native to this Its name is attributed by some to its call notes Others believe that its head resembling the fez by natives of gave rise to its Another explanation is seen in the fact that the first turkeys from America were sold in largely by Hebrew Since he bird was fre- quen ly confused with the peacock it is said that the Hebrew traders called it their name for a With the widespread use of the this name in it easily became the present