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The conflict arises when the husband asks his wife to bar the door, but she refuses, claiming to be busy with her hussyfskap (a term for women's needlework). They make a pact that the first to speak must bar the door.
Get Up and Bar the Door is a medieval Scots ballad about a battle of wills between a husband and wife. It is Child ballad 275 ( Roud 115). According to Child, it was first published by David Herd.
"Get up and Bar the Door" is an anonymous ballad, written in English with some Scots dialect, that appears to date from the seventeenth century. The poet recounts an...
May 23, 2015 · Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsGet Up and Bar the Door · Hermes NyeEarly English Ballads from the Percy and Child Collections (Ballads...
Get Up and Bar the Door (English) It fell about the Martinmas time, And a gay time it was then, When our good wife got puddings to make, And she’s boild them in the pan. The wind sae cauld blew south and north, And blew into the floor; Quoth our goodman to our goodwife, “Gae 1 out and bar the door.”.
Circa 17th century, Get up and Bar the Bar the Door is a Scottish traditional ballad explaining why it is the man of the house who is expected to close/bar all doors at night. ...more.
The Medieval Scottish Ballad "Get Up and Bar the Door" Explained. ...more.
