A MISNOMER
TURKEYS FROM AMERICA
When the turkey, noble bird of our Christmas dinner-table, first came to England, not from Turkey, but from America, it was widely confused with the guinea-fowl, an African bird that reached Europe through the medium of Mussulman traders, who were generally known, as Turks, states the "Manchester Guardian." The French shared-the general confusion about the country of origin of the turkey and at first called it poule d'lnde, from which comes the modern name of dindon. A similar error was perpetuated in the old German name Kalkuttisch Hun, from Calicut, on the Malabar coast of India, to which the.,turkey was brought in the seventeenth century from America. The Swedish name for the turkey is kalcon, which ■is Just ;a modification of the old' German name. "Probably," says an authority on ornithology, "few animals or birds have been so persistently misrepresented by the names given to them as the American bird we call the. turkey;" and the same; authority .points out that our farmyard names for the turkey are far better than those of the poultry-deal-er. In' Scotland the bird of the season is regarded something of a, feathered clown and is • called by the : humorously realistic name of "Bubbly Jock," and the Suffolk name of■ gobblecock has an appropriate sound.
To clean copper which has become very soiled,. mix some plate powder with three parts liquid ammonia.and one. part, water. Apply with a- duster and rub well. Then polish in .the usual way. ■
He must at the least show preference. South would bid three hearts, holding— 4 6. V A.Q.J.7.5. 4 K.J.4. Jf, Q. 10.6.5.— 6 winners. He would bid three diamonds holding— 4 6.5. V A.Q.J.6. 4 A.X.4.3. Jf, Q.J.6.— s\^ -j- winners. If North signed off with three hearts, South would pass. South would jump straight to four hearts holding— 4 A.5. y A.Q.J.5.6.5. 4 K.J.10. Jf, 3.2.— 7 -|_ winners. RESPONDING HAND'S REBIDS. When the opener has made a rebid, the responding hand should . make exactly the same type of rebid as the opener if he has any added values; with no added values he simply passes, unless the rebid was forcing.
■ The responder must remember this important point. The opener counts
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 19
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369A MISNOMER Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 19
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