Witch hare
The Easington Hare
The hound found her out.
Stand where it happened
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- Hilltop village
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Witch hare · Easington Village
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The hound found her out.
Stand where it happened
Village green; pin is the village. Check before you go.
The hare was a witch.
A hare that hounds could not catch was chased by a bloodhound, which caught and wounded its leg as it fled into a cottage. Inside, the huntsmen found no hare, only an old woman bandaging her wounded heel. The Northern Echo says the hound had been suckled at a woman's breast.