Note 345 — SCENE III.
Reading edition
like an owl, &c.] “To look like an owl in an ivy-bush” is a proverbial expression: see Ray’s Proverbs, p. 61, ed. 1768. A tuft or bush of ivy was formerly hung out at the door of a vintner.
Reading edition
like an owl, &c.] “To look like an owl in an ivy-bush” is a proverbial expression: see Ray’s Proverbs, p. 61, ed. 1768. A tuft or bush of ivy was formerly hung out at the door of a vintner.