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Crocodile

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CROCODILES: If that the earth could teem with women’s tears, each drop she falls would prove a crocodile. Crocodile, or false, tears was a popular metaphor from the ancient world onwards and Shakespeare uses it several times.

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RHINOCEROS

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, RHINOCEROS: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, the armed rhinoceros, or th’ Hyrcan tiger. The 5 Rhino species in the world are under great threat but have long held great fascination for human societies.

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SCORPION

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SCORPION: Seek not a scorpion’s nest, nor set no footing on this unkind shore. Scorpions are ancient creatures which have suffered from a bad press to become associated primarily with pain and danger.

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CARAWAY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CARAWAY: we will eat a last year’s pippin of my own graffing with a dish of caraways. Caraways seeds add a delicate taste to recipes and as a snack to cure wind.

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PEPPER

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PEPPER: He cannot ‘scape me… He cannot creep into a half-penny purse, nor into a pepper-box. Pepper is used as a food and metaphor and is part of our long association with this fundamental spice.

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CLOVE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the day, CLOVES: A lemon. Stuck with cloves. The aromatic and valuable Clove makes only one appearance in the whole of Shakespeare. Read more about this spices and all its uses in food and medicine.

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GINGER

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, GINGER: Yes, by Saint Anne, and ginger shall be hot i’ th’ mouth, too. Read more about the versatile rhizome and its history in England.

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NUTMEG & MACE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, Nutmeg: I will not change my horse with any…he’s of the colour of the nutmeg. Read more about the Nutmeg tree and control of this valuable spice.

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SUGAR

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SUGAR: if sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked. Sugar was an important luxury and a useful metaphor.

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SWANS

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SWAN: like Juno’s swans still we went coupled and inseparable. Read more about Swans, their dying song and their symbolic significance.

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Geese

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, GEESE: Souls of geese that bear the shapes of men. Read more about the domesticated Goose and its role in Shakespeare

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Eagle

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, EAGLE: A lover’s eye will gaze an eagle blind. Find out more about this majestic bird and its history.

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BLACKBIRD

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BLACKBIRD/Black Ouzel: the ouzel cock so black of hue, with orange-tawny bill. Read more about this widespread, tuneful bird.

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CHICKEN

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CHICKEN: an empty eagle were set to guard the chicken from a hungry kite. Read more about one of the most important domesticated birds in the world.

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TURTLE DOVE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, TURTLE DOVES: as true as steel, as plantage to the moon, as sun to day, as turtle to her mate. The iconic Turtle Dove is associated with loyal love but it declining rapidly.

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PARTRIDGE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PARTRIDGE: Who finds the partridge in the puttock’s nest but may imagine how the bird was dead. Find out more about the increasingly rare Grey Partridge.

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TURKEY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, TURKEY: why here he comes, swelling like a turkey-cock. Read more about this bird of the Americas which is integral to Christmas for many.

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CABBAGE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CABBAGE: good worts? Good cabbage! Read more about the marvellous Cabbage and its many forms.

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CARROT

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CARROT: remember focative is caret. And that is a good root. Read more about the windie and aphrodisiac Carrot.

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POTATO

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, POTATO: how the devil Luxury, with his fat rump and potato finger, tickles these together. Read more about the luxurious Potato of Shakespeare’s world.