I know it is used in fairy tales and children's stories with witches in them, but I would like to know the real origin. Was it in a fictional book or was it used in history?
Sources for your information grately appreciated.
2006-07-10 17:29:28 · 6 answers · asked by LaMariposa 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Thanks for the Macbeth answers.
Was it ever used in fairy stories after this?
2006-07-10 18:24:11 · update #1
"Bubble bubble, toil and trouble."
Correct quote: "Double double, toil and trouble." - William Shakespeare (Macbeth)
Notes: It is worth mentioning that the line following this quote reads "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"; if the first line had indeed read "Bubble, bubble (etc)", the second line would sound redundant. If this is kept in mind, accidental misquotations can be avoided.
2006-07-10 17:34:17 · answer #1 · answered by gnomes31 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare's Macbeth. It's the 3 witches around a cauldron pot in Act 1.
The quote is actually, "Double double toil and trouble. Fires burn and cauldrons bubble."
2006-07-11 07:34:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a quote from Macbeth, the title of a movie by the Olsen twins and was used in a song in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Double, Double, toil and trouble.
2014-01-17 12:47:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define Toils
2016-12-16 04:01:19 · answer #4 · answered by mondesir 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is actually "Double, double. Toil and Trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble." from Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
Yep - what PunkinPie said!
2006-07-10 17:34:29 · answer #5 · answered by KC F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It specifically comes from a speech given by the three witches in Shakespeare's "Macbeth".
2006-07-10 17:34:37 · answer #6 · answered by amymame 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare:Macbeth
although isnt' it Double Double toil and trouble/fire burn and couldron bubble?
2006-07-10 17:34:46 · answer #7 · answered by jkautt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeares: "Macbeth"
"Double Double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldren bubble. Eye of newt and tog of dog, wool of bat and eye of frog. Cool it with a baboons blood, now the charm is firm and good."
2006-07-10 17:33:37 · answer #8 · answered by Wonko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it was used in a movie long ago with twins in it.The twins are now all grown up.its also some kind of a witchie witch movie..but i cannot remember the title of the story.i just do not know if that's the origin of that phrase.
2006-07-10 17:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by Maggie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare
2006-07-10 17:33:23 · answer #10 · answered by whistler23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋