Eye of Newt, and Toe of Frog
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159008)
Boise, Idaho
October 4, 2022 7:56pm CST
Shakespeare wrote some grand plays such as Henry VI and Romeo and Juliet. He was quite the dramatist. I love some of his phrases. Like the one from "Tragedy of Macbeth: "Eye of Newt, and Toe of Frog". Remember the scene with the three witches stirring the cauldron?
I think the weirder the ingredients the better the spell.
The toe of the frog is actually a buttercup. The tongue of the Newt plant is actually a mustard seed.
Other odd ones are wool of bat which is holly leaves or moss and blind worms sting. These are an adder's tongue and a blindworm. Houndstongue is a herbaceous plant.
Shakespeare even uses a different rhythm to separate the witch's speech from the others in the piece. He wrote this play in 1606.
Picture is mine.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Oct 22
Exactly. He knew how to write, that's for sure.
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@LindaOHio (156159)
• United States
5 Oct 22
Interesting how many of these ingredients are plants.
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Oct 22
"Witches" or wise women, were herbalists.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Oct 22
@BarBaraPrz .......Yes, they wore many hats.
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@LindaOHio (156159)
• United States
6 Oct 22
@BarBaraPrz Thank you for the information!
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