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Valentine's Day - Shakespeare mentions Saint Valentine's Day

Time: 1600s

Place: London, United Kingdom

Details: Shakespeare mentions Saint Valentine's Day in Ophelia’s lament in Hamlet, where he referred to the superstition that if two single people meet on the morning of Saint Valentine's Day they will likely get married: To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine.

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