alt Hacker NewsThe title buries the lead: rabbits executing hunters in the Smithfield Decretal illustrations. Seems British humour has a tradition at least to the 14th Century.
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Terr_ • today at 7:48 AM
*lede, since we are already in academic language-and-culture details territory.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bury-the-lede-versu...
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How is that an example of burying the lead? (I presume lede is the correct spelling, but burying lead for others to find in their drinking water amuses me.)
EDIT: saw the picture and yes. That certainly was catchy, but I the hn title is missing the subtitle: "until the black death made them commonplace".