John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
190 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 190 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | The moone is made of a greene cheese. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. vii. |
| Note 1. Jack Jugler, p. 46. Francis Rabelais: book i. chap xi. Blackloch: Hatchet of Heresies, 1565. Samuel Butler: Hudibras, part ii. canto iii. line 263. [back] |