Double, double toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

1. Lines chanted by three witches in the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, as they mix a potion.

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Perhaps because my middle school English teacher let us watch the movie version of “Macbeth,” I can still picture the witches chanting “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.”

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The three witches from William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” famously offered the incantation “double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble,” but Oct.

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Fire burn, and cauldron bubble… Geological Ingredients for a Perfect Potion “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble…” “Macbeth“  Act 4, Scene 1 For everybody who´s planning to boil a magical potion or plans a witches gathering for All Hallows’ Eve, this week I will present some geological ingredients for a perfect witch’s brew: “Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”

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Softly she quoted from “Macbeth”: “‘Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble.’”

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Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

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