NPPF Canto 1 Incest Motif

[Tim Strzechowski]

Forgive me if this has been mentioned already, but isn't Grimalkin also the
name of one of the Weird Sisters in _Macbeth_?

I seem to recall one of the sisters referring to another by that name,
although the stage directions always refer to them as "witch."

Tim


> grimalkin - 1630, name given to a cat, hence any cat, especially an old
> she-cat; from gray + Malkin, dim. of fem. proper name Matilda or Maud.
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> Gray + Maud = cat
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> I know this is ludicrous, but there's just no accounting for taste.
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