McKay 37 Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Just found this website, made for a rather short but quite interesting read, apparently there is a hare on the moon.......im not convinced http://www.mikerendle.co.uk/irishhare/folklore.html Does anyone else have any interesting stories of hare on folklore? It was someones elses mentioning of "The White Hare of Creggan" in a different section Which kicked this off lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fin and fur 2 Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 the Hare occupies a prominent position in English folklore, being one of the 2 symbols of oestre the godess of spring i think one of her symbols was the Hare and the other was the Egg representing fertility, this is where the easter bunny and the easter egg come from Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McKay 37 Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 the Hare occupies a prominent position in English folklore, being one of the 2 symbols of oestre the godess of spring i think one of her symbols was the Hare and the other was the Egg representing fertility, this is where the easter bunny and the easter egg come from Thats quite odd, Because the picture on the moon, is apparently a hare carrying an egg, its just on the link http://www.mikerendle.co.uk/irishhare/folklore.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fin and fur 2 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 the Hare occupies a prominent position in English folklore, being one of the 2 symbols of oestre the godess of spring i think one of her symbols was the Hare and the other was the Egg representing fertility, this is where the easter bunny and the easter egg come from Thats quite odd, Because the picture on the moon, is apparently a hare carrying an egg, its just on the link http://www.mikerendle.co.uk/irishhare/folklore.html Nice link, do you suppose that he is up there keeping that London bus company ? I also remember a story from the immediate post war years, superstition was still rife amongst the more isolated rural communities at the time and whilst it was considered perfectly acceptable for anyone to take a Hare with a running dog, it was not on to shoot one. Well a farmer from Norfolk was drummed off his farm and out of the village by angry locals when one of them had witnessed him shoot a Hare. And this was in the 1940's, even today when hunting with dogs is no longer legal i know people who will never shoot a Hare. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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