"laid wormwood to my dug"Cultural ReferenceAct 1,Scene 3Lines 26-28The nurse used wormwood, a bitter herb, to wean the baby Juliet from breastfeeding in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 3. Nurse And she was weaned, — I never shall forget it — Of all the days of the year upon that day, For I had then laid wormwood to my dug, Wormwood (one of the ingredients of the alcoholic beverage absinthe) is a bitter herb. The nurse used it to wean the baby Juliet from breastfeeding.
