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http://www.lyricsdomain.com/20/tom_waits/diamonds_gold.html Answer Also, mad as a March hare. Crazy, demented, as in She is throwing out all his clothes; she's mad as a hatter. This expression, dating from the early 1800s, alludes to exposure to the chemicals formerly used in making felt hats, which caused tremors and other nervous symptoms. The variant, dating from the 14th century, alludes to the crazy behavior of hares during rutting season, mistakenly thought to be only in March.
mad-as-a-hatter
1. Demented or crazy.
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be as mad as a hatter
to be crazy.
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A hatter in 19th century England was a professional who made and fixed hats, and hatters used a glue which over time caused them to act crazy (mad). A person who acts as if they are crazy (mad) is "mad as a hatter." Example: "Wow- did you see that guy on the corner?" Answer: "Yeah, he was as mad as a hatter." Lewis Carroll, in his popular children's book Alice In Wonderland, used the image of "mad as a hatter" to create the character that he called The Mad Hatter. Example: "Everybody in my family knew that our uncle was as mad as a hatter."
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Answer The chemical ingredients used by hatters included Mercury which caused the symptoms outlined above. Mercury poisoning is undergoing a resurgence as poor miners working at the fringes of gold mines (or reworking old mines) use mercury metal in the extraction process.
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When was Mad as a Hatter created?
Mad as a Hatter was created in 1992.
Is the mad hatter's name Tarrant in the book?
No. In the original book, the mad hatter doesn't have a name, he isn't even called 'the Mad Hatter', he is simply called 'the Hatter'.
Who is the Mad Hatter's friend?
The March Hare is the Mad Hatter's friend.
At the tea party is the Hare considered a hatter too or is the Mad Hatter the only one?
Only the Mad Hatter is a hatter. The name "The Mad Hatters Tea Party" might suggest that there is more than one hatter there, but if you put the apostrophe in the correct place it becomes "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party", which means, "the tea party belonging to the Mad Hatter".
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No, the Mad Hatter is a human being.
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The Mad Hatter Mystery was created in 1933.
When was The Mad Hatter - album - created?
The Mad Hatter - album - was created in 1978.
When was Mad Hatter - album - created?
Mad Hatter - album - was created in 1992.
When was Mad Hatter - comics - created?
Mad Hatter - comics - was created in 1948.
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