Watty and Meg: or, The Wife Reformed.
Files
Title
Watty and Meg: or, The Wife Reformed.
Alternative Title
The Wife Reformed.
Publisher
Falkirk: Printed for the Booksellers
Date
1840-1850 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks
Extent
8 pages
Identifier
Is Part Of
Chapbook #55 in a bound collection of 77 chapbooks (s0100b01)
Description
Woodcut image on the title page.
Abstract
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 - Edinburgh
Source
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
Is Referenced By
University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/
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 and Meg: or, The Wife Reformed.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed May 3, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/820.
