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"Thy stones"
Humor
Act 5,
Scene 1
Lines 188-191

An explanation of the sexual innuendo on “stones” in Act 5, Scene 1 of myShakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Flute (as Thisbe)

O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans
For parting my fair Pyramus and me.
My cherry lips have often kissed thy stones,
Thy stones with lime and hair knit up in thee.

The description of stones sewn up inside Snout surrounded by hair suggests testicles — an interpretation reinforced by the fact that to “knit” meant to castrate a farm animal.