Ok ladies and germs, riddle me this:
"If two hounds’ a couple, but also a brace
The huntsman adds one, does that make a thrace?"
Guess y’all must be out hunting while I post lame riddles.
Anyone care to take a stab at this?
In plain English - what is a group of three hounds called?
I always say a couple and a half, but I’m probably wrong.
Well, in my experience, ‘brace’ refers to foxes, not hounds.
I too would call three hounds a couple and a half.
Thrace is a place, full of Thracians.
3 hounds?!
I’d call them “a hunt”!
If they were running thru my yard on a fox; I’d call them “good hounds”.
If they were mine and layin’ around my house; I’d call them “those stinky dogs”!!
What do ya call 3 hounds? …by their names of course!! Silly girl!!!
“thrace”…Thrace was in ancient greece? As in torn apart by Thracian women?
Well, in my defense, I freely admitted it was a lame riddle. 
I used a rhyming dictionary and “thrace” came up as the best rhyme for “brace”. No Greeks involved.
3 hounds is a “leash”.
Wanna play some more?
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On my den floor is my “mixed pack”, two JRT’s & a whippet. 
The cats around them add diversity.
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Even though I’m just learning all of my hunt terminology again (or perhaps BECAUSE I’m learning all of my hunt terminology again), I’ve just read where our hunt calls three “a couple & a half”. I, too, was under the impression that a “brace” referred to a pair of quail or grouse while a “bevy” was more than two but less than a full covey of 10-12. Again, just .02 from a bonafide newbie.
So for extra credit (this is the honor system - no googling):
What is a bunch of owls called?
A Hoot:D
A Parliament of owls.
Your “mixed pack” is a trencher pack!
Equibrit - you are an endless fountain of knowledge. I’ll have to come up with something more difficult.
Now that y’all know a “leash” is the proper term for 3 hounds, you can go out and impress your fellow hunters with your knowledge of obscure hunting terms.
If memory serves, the term is used to refer to the number of hounds one is hunting with - not a method of counting the hounds in a pack.
J Swan… is it raining??? Are you stuck inside the house???
I just realized that after I get my fish tank up and running with fish in it, I’m going to start obsessing about hunting instead of fish.
Cause sitting here on a rainy boring day while the wee child sleeps watching my EMPTY fish tank cycle would be much better if I were sitting here learning obscure facts about hunting from a book with a cup of tea, or having half a chance playing online trivia with j swan and co. and then every now and then glancing up at my fish tank… WITH fish in it!
SO, I’m ready for the next trivia question…
Yes, I am stuck inside the house. I am stuck in the house with 3 dogs and one puppy who have been eating rawhides all day (an effort to keep them quiet) and now they are all producing copious amounts of gas.
I was going to light a scented candle, but I’m afraid the house will blow up.
It’s Equibrits fault - he/she/it said the rain was coming this way.
Thanks, Equibrit (waving) That’s enough now - you can have it back.
Opening Meet is tomorrow, and there is no way it’s going to happen. Just no way. It’s still pouring - and I mean pouring. I’m not sure I can even get the trailer hooked up - it’s so muddy at the barn. My tack is spotless, all the brightwork is polished (I polish EVERYTHING), my braiding kit is all ready, my Melton, boots and canary vest still fit (amazingly), and my boots are spit shined. In short - I’m ready to boogie.
Unfortunately, we’re going to need a snorkel and flippers tomorrow - so I think I will be staying home. Normally I’d be glad for the chance to sleep in - but the puppy is apparently addicted to PCP or crack or something and wakes up at 2am and wants to play.
(I’m very happy she is leaving Sunday for her adoptive home.)
So - since I’m stuck in the house breathing through my nose, I’ll ask another trivia (and trivial) question:
Riddle me this, Batman:
What is a Leverett?
NO CHEATING!
Well, I think there is only one ‘t’ at the end rather than a double ‘t,’ but of course everyone would recognize that as a young hare!
Awwww geez - I thought that was a good one. Yes, the spelling can be with one t or two - I’ve also seen it with a y instead of an i.
It eeze zee old french.
Ok - I’ll go back to the batcave and come up with a really hard one. Same bat time, same bat place…
Well, okay, while you are looking I’ll toss one out.
Explain what is meant, in foxhunting, by the term ‘to throw up.’
Okay, I can hear minds racing, so let me clarify: It has nothing to do with what you might have had in your flask.
Ooooo pick me!! Pick me!!!
No - I’ll keep my mouth shut. But I know it.
But I’ll let catersun or someone else answer it - I gotta bring the pig in - I can hear him squealing.
Baby bunny!
‘to throw up.’ Flush out Charlie.
My turn - What is “feathering” ?
