Stone Cold Toad…or Frog?

On August 29, 2025August 28, 2025 By ResaIn Sculptures162 Comments

“Round about the caldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw.“

“TOAD, that under cold stone

Days and nights has thirty-one

Swelter’d venom sleeping got,

Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot.”

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and Cauldron bubble.”

“Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the cauldron boil and bake:

Eye of newt, and toe of FROG,

Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,

Adder’s fork, and blind worm’s sting,

Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing,

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.”

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

Pics taken by Resa – August25, 2025

Toronto, Canada

The Artist: Not sure. Searches came up with several names, none checked out.

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For those who may not know, the words in this post are from Act IV – Scene I – in William Shakespeare’s tragedy- MacBeth (written 1606-07); a tale of achieving ultimate power through treachery and murder, and the personal madness that ensues.

I did research toads and frogs. Frogs have bigger back legs for jumping. Toads have bumpy skin and frogs have smooth skin. There are green toads. I believe this is a Froad or a Trog.