I know a little fellow, whose home is far back from the settlements, who catches five or six foxes every winter by ordinary wire snares set in the rabbit paths, where foxes love to hunt.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
She had passed the snares of desire-immune.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
It is to ensure our rest and safety, to withdraw us from excesses of toil and the snares of night, that he compels us, thoughtless sheep, to return quickly to the fold.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz