medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
"An Oxford scholar, meeting a porter who was carrying a hare through
the streets, accosts him with this extraordinary question: 'Prithee,
friend, is that thy own hare, or a wig?'"
(Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, "Popular Fallacies: That The Worst Puns
Are The Best")
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John Briggs
On 16/01/2014, Gould, David <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Well my primary focus is on the symbolism of artificial rabbit warrens,
> representing places where rabbits burrowed away safely under the protection
> of a warrener. In contrast, hares don't use burrows but nest above ground.
> As such, the theological symbolism (if any) of warrens would be unique to
> rabbits.
>
> However, whether those people writing about and depicting rabbits and hares
> made such distinctions between the two species is a different matter.
>
> David.
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