You know Thanksgiving has a story, linking it to the Puritans.I talk about the bigger cultural phenomenon here. But have you actually read the original story? There is a later version with more detail but this is the only nearly contemporary account:
You shall understand, that in this little time, that a few of us have been here, we have built seven dwelling-houses, and four for the use of the plantation, and have made preparation for divers others. We set the last spring some twenty acres of Indian corn, and sowed some six acres of barley and peas, and according to the manner of the Indians, we manured our ground with herrings or rather shads, which we have in great abundance, and take with great ease at our doors. Our corn did prove well, and God be praised, we had a good increase of Indian corn, and our barley indifferent good, but our peas not worth the gathering, for we feared they were too late sown, they came up very well, and blossomed, but the sun parched them in the blossom.
Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after have a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors; they four in one day killed as much fowl, as with a little help beside, served the company almost a week, at which time amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest King Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain, and others. And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.
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Having partaken of turkey, we are heading south of Plimouth Plantation to shoot some more, the deer season commencing shortly thereafter.
God grant New England a good deliverance from any increase of zucchini !
Carver?
The carving is easy- finding birdshot is not, albeit ye olde half Tesla neodymium magnet helps mightily if the hunters have run out of lead, and switched to cruel green iron shot.
your so fucking white we can use you as a bottle of white out. While giving thanks be sure to include measle ridden blankets to pass out to our “friends” you ignorant fuckwad.
Peso, thank you for your well considered comment. You may want to read this as well: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/11/22/the-feast-a-thanksgiving-day-story/