Show ODD BELIEF ABOUT GEESE Long Ago It Waa Universally Thought That They Originated From the Barnacle The popular sixteenth century belIet belief belief be be- lief lIet that geese originated from the barnacle was not nAt confined to tho uneducated uneducated un un- educated but was shared even eyen by nat nat- John Gerard In his Her ball or General Historic of ot Plantes printed In London In 1507 In giving a description of ot this marvel sa says s 's he only teUs what our our eles have scene seene and hands have touched On the Pile of ot he goes on to sa say are shell wherein Is a thing In forme like a alace alace alace lace finely woven one end whereof Is unto the of ot the shell the other end I IB is made fast tast unto a n rude mass which In time commeth to the shape of ot a bird In short space after atter It commeth to and falleth into the sea sea where It feathers feath tenth ers and to a foule which the people of ot Lancashire call by no other name then a tree goo goose e. e He goes oes on to testify to their abundance abundance abundance dance by saying sa that the best of ot them could be bought for tor three pence and challenges the Incredulous to repaire unto me and I shall them by bythe bythe bythe the of ot good witnesses es The Pile of ot Is the small W Island now known knon as Piel Island near Barrow In |