Domestic Goose
Domestic geese (Anser anser domesticus or Anser cygnoides) are domesticated grey geese (either Greylag Geese or Swan Geese) kept as poultry for their meat, eggs, and down feathers since ancient times.
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“Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)
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Lined with a skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal-clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
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