Wicked Wife, The

DESCRIPTION: "There is a wicked wife" who cried to "make her quit o' an auld man." She spoke "sourly and dourly," he "sweetly and meekly." Finally "she gat 'im deid" and quickly married a young man who beat her. She cried "Ochone for my silly aul' man"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1908 (Greig/Duncan7)
KEYWORDS: shrewishness marriage death dialog husband wife age
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan7 1293, "The Wicked Wife" (1 text)
Roud #7194
File: GrD71293

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