wishbones
A part of the anatomy of chickens and other fowls which, because of their singular presence in the body of those animals, and remarkable shape, were considered 'lucky' and one could hold one leg of the wishbone and another person hold the other and pull while making a wish. The person left with the bigger piece supposedly gets their wish fulfilled.
There was a novelty song in the 1940's with the line, beans have no wishbones, chiddi-buck-choo. It was very silly and that silliness caused me to remember it from my largely misspent childhood. Indeed, beans, not being animals, have no bones at all, let alone wishbones.
wishbones by FlesticleBoy August 19, 2019
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