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Show Mystery in Turkey Name Tradition has It thut the first turkey was brought to England by .one of Se-bnstlun Se-bnstlun Cabot's chief lieutenants. This is supported by the fact that William Strickland, who accompanied Cabot : on several of his voyages, adopted a turkey rampant s his crest on being granted arms In 1551. , Exactly how the turkey got his name is a mystery. Some authorities suggest sug-gest that the bird christened Itself by constant reiteration of a sound that ' resembles "turk-tiirk-turk." The bird's succulent meat was so highly esteemed by Sixteenth century 'churchmen, that by Archbishop Crnn-mer's Crnn-mer's order, only "one dish of turkey cocks" wus permitted at feasts and banquets. Detroit News. |