WHITE RABBIT OF ETRURIA

The Etruria concerned is not the ancient home of the Etruscans (modern Tuscany, Italy), but a village in Staffordshire, England.  It came into existence when celebrated potter Josiah Wedgwood founded his factory there in 1769.

Nearby legend speaks of a phantasmal White Rabbit seen in the woods there.  It was supposed to be a beautiful creature, the color of milk.  The story runs that a man once tried to catch it.  He saw it and grabbed it, or so he thought, but his arms closed on nothing.  The White Rabbit had vanished.