Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 LOL! That is perfect Gary. I love it. Your calendar sounds wonderful. " ...thou mongrel, beef-witted lord " ~ PT ~ He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ~Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797) ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~> , " Gary " <gsmattingly@c...> wrote: > Hi, > > Just reading through my " Forgotten English " day > calendar and I noted the following which I thought > I would pass on. > > " The Rev. T.F. Thiselton Dyer's " Folk-Lore of Shakespeare " > mentions that, 'According to a curious fancy, eating beef > was supposed to impair the intellect . . . Thus, in " Twelfth > Night " , Sir Andrew says, 'Methinks sometimes I have no more > wit than a Christian, or an ordinary man has, but I am a great > eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.' In > " Troilus and Cressida " , Thersites says to Ajaz, 'The plague > of Greece upon the, thou mongrel, beef-witted lord. " > > Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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