"In 1788 Lord Barrymore bet 500 pounds to the Duke of Bedford's 400 pounds that someone could be found who would eat a live cat. Barrymore won: a laborer of Harpenden, near St. Albans, performed the feat."
From: John Train's Most Remarkable Occurrences, Edward Burlingame Books, Publisher, page 23.
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Why don't you try it? Might be a change from all the crow you eat.
My brother bet me I wouldn't eat an earth worm when I was really little. So I did.
Recently I looked up Haggis. Eeewwww!
How about those crazy college kids in the 20's? 30's? eating goldfish.
In this day of youtube I bet you could get someone to do anything for their 15 minutes of fame.
Condie and killing cats -- jeez.
If visiting Scotland,, beware of the wild haggis.
Peede, you eat sausage, don't you? Haggis is pretty much the same thing, just spiced differently.
