Ive heard that song many years ago. I can just imagine Jarrow & Hebburn folk 'taking the micky as they passed Felling station )
I read that story a while ago and here it is from when it was in the Evening Chronicle.
Ann Little was 54 when, in 1885, she was charged with theft. While in police custody, other charges were brought against her and her house was searched.
Police made a disturbing discovery. A large number of dead cats were found buried in the garden and around the property.
Interestingly, large numbers of local people had been buying “Scotch hares” for food from the same woman. Ann had reassured curious buyers about the difference in taste to regular hare soup, saying it was due to the animals’ nationality.
Over 50 people turned up at the police station to look for their pets, and many people began digging in Ann’s back garden.
When charged with the offences she remarked: “I have sold several, and we have eaten several ourselves; they are very like a rabbit when cooked.”
She was sentenced to three months imprisonment.
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