{"id":293,"date":"2010-05-27T23:38:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T23:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2010-05-27T23:38:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T23:38:51","slug":"exult-when-fox-is-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Exult When Fox Is Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"39c6668e916543b4a7bf784d6ba1971d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2182508389013555\";\r\n\/* Med-Banner *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5485677463\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun on 07\/21\/1922.<\/p>\n<p>English Farmers Glad to Contribute Money to Exhibitor of Dead Enemy of Hen Roosts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It is no uncommon sight in the country to encounter a poor countryman\u00c2\u00a0 carring a fox-dead of course-in his arms, and calling with it on farmers and landowners in the neighborhood says London Answers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 He usually conveys it to the back door and displays it proudly to anyone who will listen to him; then, having described graphically what a fierce and destructive animal the fox was before his death, he begs for a small gift of money.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The custom is very ancient and is called in many parts of England, &#8220;begging the fox.&#8221; The idea is this: Foxes, especially in nonhunting districts, are one of the farmers&#8217; greatest enemies, and the knowledge that one of these creatures has been destroyed-especially the female fox-is indeed good news to the farmer. As a consequence, should any poor cottager be fortunate enough either to shoot or to trap a fox, he carries his victim for miles round the countryside and displays it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 He expects a reward from each farmer he visits and is very seldom disappointed. The gifts vary from sixpence to as much as 5 shillings, and one day on the road &#8220;begging the fox&#8221; can easily yield the lucky laborer 4 or 5 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The skin is also, of course, his own property, and for this he can sometimes secure as much as 25 shillings in the market of the nearest town.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun on 07\/21\/1922. English Farmers Glad to Contribute Money to Exhibitor of Dead Enemy of Hen Roosts. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It is no uncommon sight in the country to encounter a poor countryman\u00c2\u00a0 carring a fox-dead of course-in his arms, and calling with it on farmers and landowners in the neighborhood says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[190],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}