Wooer Came to the Widow's Door, The

DESCRIPTION: The widow welcomes a wooer, gives him a seat, feeds him bread and cheese, and puts him to bed, all of which he happily accepts. She frightens him by jumping into bed with him. He runs out the door and falls in a hole.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1828 (Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume1)
KEYWORDS: courting sex escape food humorous
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume1 80, "The Wooer Came to the Widow's Door" (1 text)
Roud #3867
File: LyCr180

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