In Victorian England, around Christmas time, the turkeys were walked to market. They wore boots to protect their feet from the frozen mud of the road. Boots were not used for geese: instead what was used?

Tar, I expect.

The turkeys were walked from Norfolk. That's one heck of a walk (the south of the county, the nearest part to London, is 100 miles away).That says something about their value at market. The practice was going on from the late C16.

"Tar" is what I have ,Fred.

In Victorian England, turkeys were popular for Christmas dinners. Some of the birds were raised in Norfolk, and taken to market in London. To get them to London, the turkeys were supplied with boots made of sacking or leather. The turkeys were walked to market. The boots protected their feet from the frozen mud of the road. Boots were not used for geese: instead, their feet were protected with a covering of tar.