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Have You Ordered The Turkey Yet Pic of the Day

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OUR PALS AT the National Library of Ireland are as timely as ever with this pic which they shared on their Flickr account this morning.

Spot the unsuspecting turkeys being ferried to their fate at Flynn & Young’s on Conduit Lane in Waterford, circa December 1907.

Would you like gravy with that?

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