Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hunting of the Hare

A comic romance, published in Weber's collection. A yeoman informs the inhabitants of a village that he has seen a hare, and invites them to join him in hunting it. They attend with their curs and mastiffs, pugs and house-dogs, and the fun turns on the truly unsportsmanlike manner of giving puss the chase.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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