“Fire, fire, cast on no water”Cultural AllusionAct 4,Scene 1Lines 14-16An explanation of “cast on no water” in Act 4, Scene 1 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Curtis Is my master and his wife coming, Grumio? Grumio O, ay, Curtis, ay; and therefore — Fire, fire! Cast on no water. Grumio is rephrasing the lyrics from a popular song, “Scotland’s burning … Fire, fire! Cast on water.”
