Saturday, December 20, 2008

What's a Gizzard?

Tommy came to ask Alana and Jo, "What's a gizzard?"

After explaining that this was the gullet of a bird, where they grind up their food with pebbles, etc., they got a confused stare. They asked, "Why do you ask?"

Tommy said, "It's in the song [Burl Ives' ‘Holly Jolly Christmas']: 'Oh, ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see. Somebody waits for you, gizzard once for me!' "

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