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Show Mystery in Turkey Name " Tradition has It that the first turkey ' was brought to Knglnnd by one of So- " bastlan Cabot's chief lieutenants. Tills 1 '' Is supported by the fact that William ' Strickland, who accompanied Cubot !i ; on several of his voyages, adopted a I- turkey rampant as his crest on being ' ' granted arms In 1551. Exactly how the turkey got Ids name Is a mystery. Some authorities sug-:' sug-:' gest that the bird christened Itself by constant reiteration of n sound that ' ' resembles "turk-turk-turk." !J "' The bird's succulent meat was so '- ' highly esteemed by Sixteenth century ' churchmen, that by Archbishop Cran-1' Cran-1' mer's order, only "one dish of turkey i ' cocks" was permitted at feasts and ; banquets. Detroit News. ? |