"where the woodbine twineth" was a poplular phrase in the 1870's.
It is found in Mark Twain's "Life on the Mississippi". it was quoted in several old U.S. newspapers and journals as well. There was a popular song by Septimus Winter in 1870. But I suspect the phrase is older than that.
Many people are familiar with the phrase because it was used as the title of a story by Manly Wade Wellman, which was dramatized for the 77th episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
The name "woodbine" has been given to many vines or climbing plants, including some varieties of honeysuckle. In the U.S. it usually refers to the Virginia creeper.
The name "woodbine" has been given to many vines or climbing plants, including some varieties of honeysuckle. In the U.S. it usually refers to the Virginia creeper.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS~
Season 3 episode 13, with Margaret Leighton, Eileen Baral, Juanita Moore, Carl Benton Reid, Joel Fluellen, E.J. André, Lila Perry. Writers: Davis Grubb (story) & James Bridges. Director: Alf Kjellin. Host: Alfred Hitchcock. Original air date: 11 January 1965.
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