A little diversion for you - 17th century houserabbits

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clutterydrawer

Wise Old Thumper

• Jul 27, 2011

• #1

William Cowper's poems and musings on the hares he kept as house pets - very lovely

http://harebraindd.homestead.com/HarePoetry.html

 

Jenova

Wise Old Thumper

• Jul 27, 2011

• #2

Wow.

 

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purplebumble

Warren Veteran

• Jul 28, 2011

• #3

thank you so much for that amazing link!

i love the mythology surrounding hares..especially...moon gazing hares
i am after the spiral hare pendant...and all the statues figures please:lol:
http://spiritofthegreenman.co.uk/sotg/moon-gazing-hare.htm


did anyone see the channel 5 report many months back about the orphaned levret rescued and brought up by a family..even going to bed with the daughter..lounging watching tv etc...she was a beautiful hare

some worrying facts about dwindling hare population in britain.
(but also some amazing pics too)
http://www.hare-preservation-trust.co.uk/index.html

 

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sdf76

Mama Doe

• Jul 28, 2011

• #4

Wow thats amazing. Thank you for posting really interesting poems.

sue:wave:

 

*lily*

Wise Old Thumper

• Jul 28, 2011

• #5

Very interesting and I love the fact that he kept them in the house!

 

Kermit

Wise Old Thumper

• Jul 28, 2011

• #6

Thanks, i have just read through the whole page. What a lovely gentleman he must have been, although he was probably thought of as a bit of a crazy bunny man in his time!

ETA: Is it not 18th Century if it is 1700's

 

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poppymoon

Wise Old Thumper

• Jul 28, 2011

• #7

awwww i've read some of that before but not for ages - lovely to read it again

 

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emjrabbitwolf

Warren Scout

• Jul 28, 2011

• #8

I know Beatrix Potter had a pet rabbit she kept on a harness/lead and took for walks and had in the house. Was in one of the books I read a long, long time ago.
Nice to know that rabbits and hares have been treated as companions rather than commercial creatures, for a long time.

 

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chelle

Warren Veteran

• Jul 28, 2011

• #9

wow - thats really interesting....I thought it interesting too that the hare would want to play not just early evening but especially before a storm...

 

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abbymarysmokey

Wise Old Thumper

• Jul 28, 2011

• #10

Didn't Napoleon have a tame hare too?

 

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clutterydrawer

Wise Old Thumper

• Jul 28, 2011

• #11

Kermit said:

Thanks, i have just read through the whole page. What a lovely gentleman he must have been, although he was probably thought of as a bit of a crazy bunny man in his time!

ETA: Is it not 18th Century if it is 1700's

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Yes :lol: I didn't look at the dates though, just copied the title

 

pepperpot

Warren Scout

• Jul 28, 2011

• #12

Thank you... that was so interesting. I wonder what the illness was that he nursed the hare through?

Strange to think of people having pet rabbits/hares so long ago.