The goose-bone predictions are perhaps more closely watched in Kentucky
than anywhere else, and it may be called the Kentucky weather prophet.
We must take the breastbone of a last spring’s goose—none other will do,
for the prophecy does not extend beyond the year in which the goose is
hatched. It must be divided into three different parts, which represent
the three divisions of winter.
The breastbone of a goose is translucent, but at places has cloudlike
blots upon it. These blots denote cold weather, and the prophecy is made
according to their density and position.