Comments on: What do different cultures do with wishbones?

Question: What do different cultures do with wishbones?

tumbleweedjack — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:31:57 -0800

What do different cultures do with a bird's wish-bone?

Here in the US, two people tug on it to get a wish... but in Iran, two people tug on it to start a bet- the first person to successfully hand the other person an object says "yad-e toro faramoosh" which basically means "you forgot!" and they lose the bet and have to do whatever was agreed on beforehand... the wishbone is kind of just a formality.
I'm explaining it bad but basically what I want to know is, do other cultures have different traditions dealing with the wishbone?

By: sero_venientibus_ossa

sero_venientibus_ossa — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:49:03 -0800

In central europe they throw it out with the rest of the bones.

By: junesix

junesix — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:33:59 -0800

Among my Chinese relatives and family, I've never known them to do anything with it other than trash it or boil it with other bones in making chicken stock.

By: pandanom

pandanom — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:22:08 -0800

Japan - make broth.