Synopsis The Wife of Auchtermuchty




1 synopsis

1.1 husband s proposal
1.2 wife , husband @ work
1.3 conclusion





synopsis
the husband s proposal

the narrator opens describing tenant farmer of auchtermuchty enjoys small comforts of life. attempts day of ploughing in bad weather.



in auchtermuchty thair dwelt ane man,
ane husband heard tawld,
quha weill tippill out can,
and nathir luvit hungir nor cawld.
quhill anis fell upoun day,
he yokkit pluch upoun plane,
gif trew hard say,
the day fowl wind , rane.

at day s end arrives home, weary, wet , cold, find wife warming herself fire, clean , dry, bowl of soup.



he lowsit pluch @ landis end,
and draif oxin hame @ evin,
when come in lookit ben,
and saw wyf baith dry , clene,
and sittand @ ane fyre beikand bawld,
with ane fat soup hard say,
the man being wery, weit , cauld,
between thay twa na play.

he demands couple exchange duties on next day. wife shall plough while keeps house.



dame, ye mon pluch morne,
i salbe hussy gif may,

the wife agrees , describes work required of him. husband must tend livestock, sift, knead, keep infant children clean, maintain hearth , protect goslings. in passing reminds him have costly farm on our head.



husband, quho scho, content i,
to tak pluch day abowt,
and ye rowll baith kavis , ky,
and hous baith in , owt.
but sen ye husyskep ken,
first ye sall sift , syne sall kned,
and ay ye gang , ben,
luk bairnis dryt not bed,
yeis lay ane soft wisp kill,
we haif ane deir ferme on our heid,
and ay ye gang furth , in,
keip weill gaislingis fra gled.

the wife spends rest of evening churning batch of butter , leaves buttermilk instead of cream husband.



scho kyrnd kyrne , skumd clene,
and left gudman bot bledoch bair,

the wife , husband @ work

the wife rises next morning , sets off fields carrying unusually hearty lunch.



than in mornyng scho gatt,
and on hir hairt laid hir disjune,
scho put alsmekle in hir lap,
as micht haif servd thame baith @ nune.

the husband rises next , day starts badly when 5 out of 7 goslings taken hawk. before can recover composure, calves escape pen , start suckle @ cattle. while separating them gored in buttock ill willy cow. returns home , attempts spinning spoils work sitting close fire.



quod he, wark has ill begynning.

he moves on churning, sabotaged wife, , unsurprisingly not produce butter. while distracted sow starts drink buttermilk. while driving off stick accidentally bludgeons 2 remaining goslings. series of other mishaps occur before attends babies , discovers have soiled bed.



the first gat in armis,
it dirt ene,
the divill cutt of thair handis quod he,
that fild yow sa fow strene.

he drags dirty bedclothes burn cleaning washed away in spate. in despair, husband shouts wife in fields help. pretends not hear him , continues ploughing until evening.



scho hard him , scho hard him not,
bot stowtly steird stottis abowt,
scho draif day unto nicht,
scho lowsit pluch , syne come hame.

the conclusion

upon arriving home wife observes chaos wrought husband.



scho fand wrang sowld bene richt,
i trow man thocht richt grit schame,

after quarrel husband decides, persuasion cudgel-wielding wife, return usual work.



than scho gat ane mekle rung,
and gudeman maid dur,
quod he, deme, sall hald tung,
for , fecht ill woir
quod he, quhen forsuk pluche,
i trow forsuk seill,
and pluch agane,
for , hous nevir weill.






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