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| Picture No | 10216074 |
| Date | 1859 |
| Description | Roasting fifty six geese at once for the inmates of the old |
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Man turning the handle of a large roasting spit holding fifty six geese for the Old Men's Hospital, Norwich. The spit is composed of 10 rods, each having six geese on each. They were cooked in such a manner for 29th September each year, appropriately named Roast Goose Day in the hospital.
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| Source | Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 8 October 1859, page 358 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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