I saw a rerun of an interview (1972) of Alfred Hitchcock by Dick Cavett. During the program Sir Alfred defined a Mcguffin as, paraphrased, "an object to build a movie plot around that is not clearly explained." He told a story of an encounter between an Englishman and a Scotsman on a train where a suitcase was pointed out and its contents came into question. The Scotsman answer was it contained a Mcguffin, "a device to catch lion's on the Highlands of Scotland."
Googling the intriguing trapping device, led to the Clan MacGuffin of the movie, "Brave." (a Pixar animation) I am yet to find any other information on my original question. I hope that any of you will provide the relief to my itch in case I am in need of such a device.
Thank you.
ps. am looking for a Jabberwock trap also.
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