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barnacles that opened from the Barnacle Tree, reveal geese. William Turner, a
16th century English herbalist accepted the idea, as did John Gerard in his
Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes.
John Gerard wrote, there is a small llande in Lancashire called the Pile of
Foulders whereon is found a certaine spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto
certaine shels.
These mussel shaped shells would grow until they split open, revealing the
legs of the Birde hanging out, til at length it is all come foorth. The bird
would hang by its bill until fully mature, then would drop into the sea.
Where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a foule, bigger than a Mallard,
and lesser than a Goose.
The tree was aptly named as it possessed barnacles (or shells) that were
white in colour, that opened and contained geese. Although no recent sightings
have been reported, the myth was popular until the 18th century and as early as
the 13th century.
It was dismissed Albert Magnus as being false, although Magnus was unable to
backup this claim
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