"Our Boy Bill"

Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!

Many of our common phrases come from Shakespeare - everything from "Knock, Knock...Who's There?" to "The Be-All and the End-All" to "Good Riddance".  This week, having my son home for spring break, I will quote the origin of the phrase

"Eaten me out of house and home!"

Hostess Quickly (Boar's Head Tavern):  He hath eaten me out of house and home, he hath put all my substance into that fat belly of his; but I will have some of it out again, or I will ride thee a-nights like the mare.

Falstaff:  I think I am as like to ride the mare if I have any vantage of ground to get up.

-  Henry the IV, Part 2

Act 2, Scene 1

I must tip my hat to Professor Ronald Levao, for igniting my love for all things Shakespeare.  His was the only class I never missed.  Always on time.  Always in the same seat.  My notes are still tucked safely away in my closet. 

**I must also thank Eleanor Brown, for the "Our Boy Bill" which comes from her new novel, The Weird Sisters.