Note 935 — ACT IV. SCENE I.
Reading edition
money, &c.] “This is an allusion to a popular superstition, that the fairies, from their love of cleanliness, used at night to drop money into the shoes of good servants as a reward.” Editor of 1816.
Reading edition
money, &c.] “This is an allusion to a popular superstition, that the fairies, from their love of cleanliness, used at night to drop money into the shoes of good servants as a reward.” Editor of 1816.