The Cunning Thief or The Disappearing Goose Conundrum

Folklore, Food & Fairytales

In which we discover that there's a difference between a rogue and a villain, people can be very careless with their animals and that you should never leave a stranger alone with your goose or your whiskey.
Today's story is The Cunning Thief from More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs originally collected by Patrick Kennedy in the Fireside Stories of Ireland.
Today's recipe is for Roast Goose with Mashed Potato, Prune & Apple Stuffing
Additional further reading links including the Forme of Cury, Sawse Madame, other historic cookbooks and the Herodotus story can be found at the bottom of this post.