Did you know that the first historic reference to todays “Knock Knock, Who’s There” stems from the pen of William Shakespeare in his Scottish Play: Macbeth? Whilst plainly not smoothed into todays format of challenge\/response culminating in a pun, it is a satirical monologue that makes reference to events of that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s a knocking indeed! If a
man were porter of hell-gate, he should have
old turning the key.
Knocking within<\/p>Knock,
knock, knock! Who’s there, i’ the name of
Beelzebub? Here’s a farmer, that hanged
himself on the expectation of plenty: come in
time; have napkins enow about you; here
you’ll sweat for’t.
Knocking within<\/p>Knock,
knock! Who’s there, in the other devil’s
name? Faith, here’s an equivocator, that could
swear in both the scales against either scale;
who committed treason enough for God’s sake,
yet could not equivocate to heaven: O, come
in, equivocator.
Knocking within<\/p>Knock,
knock, knock! Who’s there? Faith, here’s an
English tailor come hither, for stealing out of
a French hose: come in, tailor; here you may
roast your goose.
Knocking within<\/p>Knock,
knock; never at quiet! What are you? But
this place is too cold for hell. I’ll devil-porter
it no further: I had thought to have let in
some of all professions that go the primrose
way to the everlasting bonfire.
Knocking within<\/p>Anon, anon! I pray you, remember the porter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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