This little tidbit is a crosspost from the ADS-L list... and we think that we have problems with our "s" and "f" here on BP!

[TRAVELS IN HUNGARY, WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF VIENNA IN THE YEAR 1793
by Robert Townson, London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797

I was looking for "goulash" (pre-1860).  I didn't find it, but I was adjudicating parking tickets all this week.  I've reserved a stack of wonderful books on Hungary to go through on Monday.

Pg. 71:  Several birds of evil omen came hovering above me, particularly Owls and Goatfuckers...
(Probably "Goatsuckers," but that didn't make my eyes light up when I saw this on the page--ed.)]

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