When icicles hang by the wall
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail;
When blood is nipt and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl
Tuwhoo! Tuwhit! Tuwhoo! A merry note!
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
When all aloud the wind doth blow,
And coughing drowns the parson's saw,
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marian's nose looks red and raw;
When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl
Then nightly sings the staring owl
Tuwhoo! Tuwhit! Tuwhoo! A merry note!
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
William Shakespeare,
Love's Labour's Lost
Am I the only one wonder what "keeling a pot" entails?
ReplyDeleteHi Shay~ I really am enjoying your kitty pictures! So sweet and funny! Thanks for visiting me! ~Mandy
ReplyDelete"keeling" means skimming (I took an Elizabethan literature elective in college ;-)
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