Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Play ·42 of 348
"Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble."
They never said that.
What people say
"Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble."
What was actually said
"Double, double, toil and trouble." The Three Witches — Macbeth, IV.i
Why it stuck
Cauldrons bubble, so the misheard version sounds more thematic. The real chant is about doubling — multiplication of sorcery, not the sound of boiling.
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