Thursday, December 12, 2013

Bunch Grass Porcupine in Snow

"And each particular hair to stand on end, / Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. -Wm. Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5.

This phrase is the first printed sorce of the expression "hair stand on end". Thank you for that fine image and coinage, Mr. Shakespeare.

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