“The Auld Wife beyont the Fire”
Description
An old widow with many daughters wants "snishing/spruncin" (sex). They say she is too old and toothless. They will let her seek sex if she can break a nut with her teeth. They give her a pistol bullet instead of a nut; she cannot break it and wastes away
References
- Combs/Wilgus 128, pp. 135-136, "The Old Wife" (1 text)
- Roud #4294
- BI, CW128