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Larks and Toads
Cultural Reference
Act 3,
Scene 5
Lines 31-

Cultural explanation made to the larks and toads in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5.

According to medieval folklore, a lark sometimes exchanged its beautiful eyes for the ugly ones of a toad.