Mad as a Hatter (Alice in Wonderland Part 1)

08/21/20 • 26 min

We're doing an arc! Jacob and Annie dissect the origin of the phrase "mad as a hatter", which predates Lewis Carroll using it in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Where did the phrase come from? How did it come to mean what it means? Why hatters? Find out here! (There will be another Alice phrase next week.)

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