by CCash | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog, DIY History
This book was useful to me in helping a fellow historian find the meaning of the phrase “pilles of cochee” we could find from Shakespeare’s Words, that Shakespeare had used “pilles” to mean “pills” in King Lear, but were at a...
by CCash | Sep 8, 2018 | Blog, DIY History
When Sir Walter Raleigh brought tobacco over to England in the late 1500s, he tried to get Elizabeth I to try it. She must have liked it because the small little plant took off in popularity, being smoked, raised, farmed, harvested, and used both medicinally and...
by CCash | Sep 1, 2018 | DIY History
The short answer is No. You can stop reading there I guess, but I did make this neat video that tells you how to define a soliloquy, how it is used on stage, and why Shakespeare was so incredibly awesome at using it. Click play to watch that: Define soliloquy (and How...
by CCash | Aug 25, 2018 | Blog, DIY History
The bard mentions the word “cat” over 30 times in his plays and sonnets, one of which is actually housed in the same phrase as “dog will have his day.” The entire line from Hamlet reads “The cat will mew, and the dog will have his...
by CCash | Aug 18, 2018 | Blog, DIY History
William Shakespeare mentions the word “dog” or “dogs” several hundred times in his works collectively. Shakespeare was the first writer to use the noun “Watchdog” (in the Tempest) and he is credited with coining the phrase “a dog will have his day” which is featured...
by CCash | Aug 11, 2018 | Blog, DIY History
Image Source: http://www.greydragon.org/library/playingbowls.html When you think of the 16th century, you might recognize Shakespeare, theater, even horse drawn carriages or swords. But when it comes to games, the Elizabethans were surprisingly very adept at leisure...
