MAD AS A MARCH HARE
Why is a March hare madder than any other kind of hare, and what is a ‘March hare,’ anyway? Is it different from an April or May rabbit? These are questions nobody can answer, for there is no such thing as a March hare. The expression should read ‘mad as a marsh hare,’ and in that form it possesses some sense, for hares that live in marshes are usually very wild and ungovernable; and hence when anyone is unduly excited he is as mad as a marsh hare. Nevertheless, folks prefer to call it a March hare, and so it will remain.
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New Zealand Tablet, 12 June 1913, Page 61
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107MAD AS A MARCH HARE New Zealand Tablet, 12 June 1913, Page 61
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