Briar Patch Brer

The Briar Patch is the home of Brer Rabbit which appears in the original Uncle Remus stories compiled by Joel Chandler Harris as well as the 1946 Disney movie Song of the South.

Song of the South

A briar patch appears in the first animated segment of Song of the South, which serves as Brer Rabbit s home. He is leaving it because he says it s just causing him trouble. After boarding it up, Uncle Remus bids farewell to him and he leaves. At the end of the segment, he returns to his Briar Patch after his little encounter with Brer Fox and Brer Bear.

Another briar patch appears at the end of the second animated segment. When Brer Rabbit is pulled out of the Tar Baby, he sees a briar patch and begs Brer Fox not to throw him in it. He wanted him to do so. When Brer Rabbit is thrown into the briar patch, Brer Fox hears him holler and believes him to be dead. Then, Brer Rabbit emerges from the briar patch, saying that he was born and raised in one.

Splash Mountain

After Brer Fox catches Brer Rabbit, and as the log carrying the riders climbs the biggest lift during the climax, Brer Rabbit tells him not to throw him into the briar patch. Brer Fox does just that, then the log goes down a 50-foot drop, immitating Brer Rabbit s fall into the briar patch. Then, during the finale, Brer Fox and Brer Bear are shown in the briar patch trying to escape Br er Gator.

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Noun 1. a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier. 2. a tangled mass of prickly plants. 3. a thorny stem or twig.

A Georgia Folktale 

retold by

S.E. Schlosser 

Well now, that rascal Brer Fox hated Brer Rabbit on account of he was always cutting capers and bossing everyone around. So Brer Fox decided to capture and kill Brer Rabbit if it was the last thing he ever did. He thought and he thought until he came up with a plan. He would make a tar baby. Brer Fox went and got some tar and he mixed it with some turpentine and he sculpted it into the figure of a cute little baby. Then he stuck a hat on the Tar Baby and sat her in the middle of the road.

Brer Fox hid himself in the bushes near the road and he waited and waited for Brer Rabbit to come along. At long last, he heard someone whistling and chuckling to himself, and he knew that Brer Rabbit was coming up over the hill. As he reached the top, Brer Rabbit spotted the cute little Tar Baby. Brer Rabbit was surprised. He stopped and stared at this strange creature. He had never seen anything like it before.

Good Morning, said Brer Rabbit, doffing his hat. Nice weather we re having.

The Tar Baby said nothing. Brer Fox laid low and grinned an evil grin.

Brer Rabbit tried again. And how are you feeling this fine day.

The Tar Baby, she said nothing. Brer Fox grinned an evil grin and lay low in the bushes.

Brer Rabbit frowned. This strange creature was not very polite. It was beginning to make him mad.

Ahem. said Brer Rabbit loudly, wondering if the Tar Baby were deaf. I said HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING.

The Tar Baby said nothing. Brer Fox curled up into a ball to hide his laugher. His plan was working perfectly.

Are you deaf or just rude. demanded Brer Rabbit, losing his temper. I can t stand folks that are stuck up. You take off that hat and say Howdy-do or I m going to give you such a lickin.

The Tar Baby just sat in the middle of the road looking as cute as a button and saying nothing at all. Brer Fox rolled over and over under the bushes, fit to bust because he didn t dare laugh out loud.

I ll learn ya. Brer Rabbit yelled. He took a swing at the cute little Tar Baby and his paw got stuck in the tar.

Lemme go or I ll hit you again, shouted Brer Rabbit. The Tar Baby, she said nothing.

Fine. Be that way, said Brer Rabbit, swinging at the Tar Baby with his free paw. Now both his paws were stuck in the tar, and Brer Fox danced with glee behind the bushes.

I m gonna kick the stuffin out of you, Brer Rabbit said and pounced on the Tar Baby with both feet. They sank deep into the Tar Baby. Brer Rabbit was so furious he head-butted the cute little creature until he was completely covered with tar and unable to move.

Brer Fox leapt out of the bushes and strolled over to Brer Rabbit. Well, well, what have we here. he asked, grinning an evil grin.

Brer Rabbit gulped. He was stuck fast. He did some fast thinking while Brer Fox rolled about on the road, laughing himself sick over Brer Rabbit s dilemma.

I ve got you this time, Brer Rabbit, said Brer Fox, jumping up and shaking off the dust. You ve sassed me for the very last time. Now I wonder what I should do with you.

Brer Rabbit s eyes got very large. Oh please Brer Fox, whatever you do, please don t throw me into the briar patch.

Maybe I should roast you over a fire and eat you, mused Brer Fox. No, that s too much trouble. Maybe I ll hang you instead.

Roast me. Hang me. Do whatever you please, said Brer Rabbit. Only please, Brer Fox, please don t throw me into the briar patch.

If I m going to hang you, I ll need some string, said Brer Fox. And I don t have any string handy. But the stream s not far away, so maybe I ll drown you instead.

Drown me. Roast me. Hang me. Do whatever you please, said Brer Rabbit. Only please, Brer Fox, please don t throw me into the briar patch.

The briar patch, eh. said Brer Fox. What a wonderful idea. You ll be torn into little pieces.

Grabbing up the tar-covered rabbit, Brer Fox swung him around and around and then flung him head over heels into the briar patch. Brer Rabbit let out such a scream as he fell that all of Brer Fox s fur stood straight up. Brer Rabbit fell into the briar bushes with a crash and a mighty thump. Then there was silence.

Brer Fox cocked one ear toward the briar patch, listening for whimpers of pain. But he heard nothing. Brer Fox cocked the other ear toward the briar patch, listening for Brer Rabbit s death rattle. He heard nothing.

Then Brer Fox heard someone calling his name. He turned around and looked up the hill. Brer Rabbit was sitting on a log combing the tar out of his fur with a wood chip and looking smug.

I was bred and born in the briar patch, Brer Fox, he called. Born and bred in the briar patch.

And Brer Rabbit skipped away as merry as a cricket while Brer Fox ground his teeth in rage and went home. You can read more Georgia folktales in Spooky South by S.E. Schlosser.

Jun 29, 2010  A segment from Disney s Song of the South that my friends and I found hilarious. Sorry for the shaky camera. I didn t realize how unsteady my hands were.

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Brer Rabbit

The Briar Patching trope as used in popular culture. A deliberate use of Reverse Psychology in order to get a desired result. Alice begs and pleads Bob not.

• Old tales of psychological manipulation translated into modern English. Whatever you do, cried Brer Rabbit, Don t throw me into the briar.
• A Georgia Folktale. retold by. S.E. Schlosser. Well now, that rascal Brer Fox hated Brer Rabbit on account of he was always cutting capers and bossing everyone around.
• Brer Rabbit is a trickster character in folktales of African, African-American, and Native American Culture. Brer Rabbit is the consummate trickster, who typically.

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