Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 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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