A Sieve, a Fairy, a Midwife and a Mystery June 3, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
So here is a fairy mystery… In Romeo and Juliet Mercutio tells us that Queen Mab is ‘the fairies’ midwife’: a mysterious phrase that has never been explained. Most guides link it unconvincingly to a previous comment of Romeo’s. A much more interesting point of reference is a fairy poem of Ben Jonson. Beach has […]
