The phrase "Getting into a scrape" originated during the period when deer were carefully preserved aiid given the free run of forests. During certain seasons a stag will dig the ground with his forefeet in order to form a depression, sometimes half a yard deep, into which the unwary hunter may stumble at the cost of a broken leg. This is called the deer's scrape. "To get into a scrape," was, therefore, always unpleasant and sometimes dangerous.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 17
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