Why is someone obviously in love "wearing his heart on his sleeve?"

BelperJon

I believe it originates from the days when men would tie a favour from their loved one on their sleeve and thus reveal the secret of their heart. Quote from Othello: "But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at..." Sep 24 03, 12:32 PM

Hamlet.

Yes my friend, also we do know for sure that in sixteenth-century England, Valentines were exchanged. If a man was truely smitten by a woman, he wore the heart shaped Valentine of his beloved on his sleeve, which presumably was more convenient than wearing it on his femur or tibia... Sep 24 03, 12:48 PM

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