From the December 8, 1934, issue

GOOSE BARNACLES EXIST, THOUGH NOT HATCHING GEESE

Sometimes enlightenment overdoes itself; in banishing a superstition, we fall victims to an equally unjustified incredulity. Thus, many persons, aware of the discrediting of the old fable about geese being produced from “goose barnacles,” think there is no such animal as a goose barnacle. They do exist, however; they are found abundantly adhering to pilings, ships’ bottoms, and other marine structures.