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And the word “ filbert” occurs but once ( Tempest , 
II. ii. 175) : 
I’ll bring thee clustering filberts. 
The other reference is to the nut, where, in 
Romeo and Juliet , I. iv. 67, an empty hazel-nut is 
Queen Mab’s chariot— 
Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, 
Time out o’ mind the fairies’ coachmakers. 
A nut unadorned by any phrase is named in the 
Comedy of Errors , IV. iii. 72, as one of the require¬ 
ments of devils: 
Some devils ask but the parings of one’s nails, 
A rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin, 
A nut, a cherry-stone. 
And again: 
I have a venturesome fairy that shall seek 
The squirrel’s hoard and fetch thee new nuts. 
Midsummer-Night's Dream , IV. i. 39. 
And yet again in Romeo and Juliet , III. i. 20: 
Wilt thou quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no 
other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. 
As a fusty, sour, and worm-eaten nut, we find 
several references, chiefly— 
Hector shall have a great catch if he knock out either of 
your brains : a’ were as good crack a fusty nut with no 
kernel. 
Troilus and Cressida , II. i. no. 
Sweetest nut hath sourest rind, 
Such a nut is Rosalind. 
As You Like It, III. ii. 115. 
Among the Old World customs connected with 
this tree must be mentioned, going a nutting on 
