Romeo and Juliet

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   malibrarian Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

   Mercutio sings in this scene, when he is giving the Nurse a bad time and being very bawdy:

   "An old hare hoar,
   And an old hare hoar,
   Is very good meat in Lent.
   But a hare that is hoar
   Is too much for a score,
   When it hoars ere it be spent."

   "Hare" is a slang term for a prostitute, while "hoar," which means moldy, is also a pun on the word "whore".

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   Posted by malibrarian on Monday December 10, 2007 at 5:15 PM