Watty & Meg; or, The Wife Reformed. Owere true a Tale.

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Title

Watty & Meg; or, The Wife Reformed. Owere true a Tale.

Alternative Title

The wife reformed
Owere true a tale

Publisher

Paisley: Printed by G. Caldwell & Co.

Date

1860-1865 per National Library of Scotland

Extent

8 pages

Identifier

Is Part Of

Chapbook #10 in a bound collection of 34 chapbooks

Description

Woodcut of a vagrant with a dog, greeting a woman seated with child standing beside her on title-page and flower on bottom of page 8.

Coverage

A humorous song about Watty and his wife, Meg, who nags and quarrels and scolds him within an inch of his life. One morning, after being yelled at in front of all his friends and dragged home by Meg after a night of drinking, he tells he is leaving her to join the army because she has driven him away with all her “flyting,” or quarreling. She begs him to stay and promises she will mind her tongue if only he won’t leave her and the children, which he agrees to after making her solemnly swear to give up her flyting forever.

Subject

Courtship and Marriage
War
Chapbooks - Scotland - Paisley

Is Referenced By

National Library of Scotland
http://www.nls.uk/

Format

JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.

Rights

In the public domain; For higher quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413

Contributor

Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Citation

“Watty & Meg; or, The Wife Reformed. Owere true a Tale.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed November 21, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/743.
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