"The Goose and the Common", also referred to as "Stealing the Common from the Goose", is a poem written by an unknown author that makes a social commentary...
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A goose (pl.: geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera Anser (grey geese and white...
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The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its...
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from the wild greylag goose (Anser anser domesticus) and swan goose (Anser cygnoides domesticus). In Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, the original...
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Goose bumps, goosebumps or goose-pimples (also called chill bumps[citation needed]) are the bumps on a person's skin at the base of body hairs which may...
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in the UK goose eggs have a fall-to-early-winter availability. Roast goose is the most common method of preparation. Roasted whole or cut-up goose dishes...
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The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a large, Sub-Saharan African waterbird in the family Anatidae, which includes geese and shelducks. However...
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The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black...
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The concrete goose, also known as a porch goose or lawn goose, is a popular lawn ornament in the United States. Concrete geese reached the peak of their...
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The snow goose (Anser caerulescens) is a species of goose native to North America. Both white and dark morphs exist, the latter often known as blue goose...
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Fauna of Finland (section Grebes and loons)
Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons (common) Bean goose, Anser fabalis (common) Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (common) Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos...
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"The Goose Girl" (German: Die Gänsemagd) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1815 (KHM...
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The guard goose is a domestic goose that is used as a guard animal both on farms and in other situations. Geese are considered to have excellent eyesight...
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The swan goose (Anser cygnoides) is a large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, Northeast China, and the Russian Far East. It is migratory...
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The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is an African member of the Anatidae family including ducks, geese, and swans. Because of their popularity chiefly...
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Commons (redirect from Held in common)
ownership Tyranny of small decisions The Goose and the Common Smith, E. T. (2024-01-23). "Practising Commoning". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved...
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Waterfowl hunting (redirect from Goose hunting)
tufted duck, Canada goose, greylag goose and pink-footed goose. Other common quarry targets for the wildfowler include the common snipe. Shooting will...
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Game (hunting) (section Canada and the United States)
in the UK include: Duck, including mallard, tufted duck, teal, northern pintail and common pochard Goose, including greylag goose, Canada goose and pink-footed...
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Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English...
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Enclosure (redirect from Enclosure of common land)
known as "The Goose and the Common" has come to represent the opposition to the enclosure movement in the 18th century: "The law locks up the man or woman...
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surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. Goose barnacles formerly made up the taxonomic order Pedunculata, but the group has been found...
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Mother Goose Club is an educational nursery school program that streams on its eponymous YouTube channel and is produced by Sockeye Media LLC. Its YouTube...
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Goose Bay (IATA: YYR, ICAO: CYYR), commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose...
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The greylag goose or graylag goose (Anser anser) is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus Anser...
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Pollicipes pollicipes (redirect from Goose neck barnacles)
pollicipes, known as the goose neck barnacle, goose barnacle or leaf barnacle is a species of goose barnacle, also well known under the taxonomic synonym...
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Nene (bird) (redirect from Hawaiian goose)
The nene (Branta sandvicensis), also known as the nēnē or the Hawaiian goose, is a species of bird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The nene is exclusively...
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Greylag Goose or Swan Goose Goose (nickname), a list of people nicknamed Goose or the Goose Claire Goose (born 1975), British actress Roscoe Goose (1891–1971)...
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"goose foot", a tendinous structure in the human leg The parotid plexus, also known as pes anserinus. Other species with "goosefoot" in their common name...
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Barnacle (redirect from The barnicle)
held to emerge fully formed from goose barnacles. Both goose barnacles and the Chilean giant barnacle are fished and eaten. Barnacles are economically...
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Michaelmas (redirect from The Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels)
ordered the sacrifice of a goose every Michaelmas in honour of the saint. The Irish Michaelmas goose was slaughtered and eaten on the day; they were also presented...
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