The canny heroism of a wild puck or male goat who alerted villagers to the arrival of Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century is the supposed origin of the historic three-day Puck Fair in Killorglin, County Kerry every August, allegedly Ireland's oldest.

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"We ate wild berries for breakfast and spit-roasted mountain goat for dinner, " she told the Moscow Times in 2002.

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Never mind that the Mets had already rallied from a two-run deficit to tie Game 6, thanks in part to a wild pitch by Boston reliever Bob Stanley, who has somehow managed to avoid induction into the goat Hall of Fame in fans' minds.

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