Stone Cold Toad…or Frog?

“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.

END NOTES

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.

Round About the Cauldron Go;

In the poison’d entrails throw.

— William Shakespeare – Scene 1 – Act 1 – MacBeth

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights hast thirty one Swelter’d venom sleeping got,

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot.

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

Double,

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

double toil and trouble;

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

 

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

Words from Act 1 – Scene 1 – MacBeth

Shakespeare at his finest!

Artist(s): Shalak - Bruxas
Artist(s): Shalak – Bruxas

Yes, I know there are 3 witches in Macbeth, but I was lucky to find this.

Pics taken by Resa, on March 28, 2014

Toronto, Canada