Note 18 — INTRODUCTION.

“We say the deer is ‘broken up,’ the fox and hare are ‘cased.’”—The Gentleman’s Recreation. 1686.

From this ancient practice, too, is derived the phrase, “to eat humble pie,” more correctly written “umble pie.” This was a venison pasty, made of the umbles (heart, liver, and lungs), and always given to inferiors, and placed low down on the table when the squire feasted publicly in the hall.