A Free summary of Goody Blake and Harry Gill

The narrator expresses a wish to know what the matter is

The narrator makes a rhetorical remark implying that there is nothing that does not hurt Harry Gill

We learn that Harry Gill's teeth always chatter. Even with a waistcoat of very good quality over his body his teeth still chatter because he is cold. He has a blanket on his back and puts on enough coats what can kept nine individuals warm.

We are told that throughout the whole year, whether rain or shine, be it in March, December or July Harry Gill's teeth still chatter because he is cold. His neighbours testify that his teeth still chatter.Throughout the whole day his teeth still chatter.Under the sun or moon there is no change for Harry Gill. We learn that when Harry was young he was stout and a lusty drover, thus Harry was now old. He had very red cheeks and a very deep and loud voice. "Auld Goody Blake was old and poor"-----was Auld part of Goody Blake's name since it makes no sense to say that she was old and repeat the same thing shortly afterward or was it done for emphasis, to stress the point that Goody Blake was very old? Goody Blake was also poor. Goody Blake was also ill fed and thus Mal-nourished and tinny. Any individual that passed by her dwelling observed how poor she was.

Goody Blake spent all her day time spurning and then three hours at night spurning as well. The narrator claims that it is pointless stating the above point since what Goody Blake earn from her work could not even afford her candle light. Why was this case? Was it because she was too slow because of her age and thus could not make enough of what is spun to earn sufficient money to buy a candle or was it that no one purchased what she spun? Goody Blake dwelt on a cold hill side in Dorsetshire. Coal was expensive in Dorsetshire since it was imported from faraway places by ships, ie overseas. The narrator tells us that two old dames(women) in Dorsetshire would usually boil their pottage by the same fire and share one dwelling as well, however Goody Blake lived alone, why was this so? Was she despised by others or was there no one to pair with her? didn't she have any family what so ever? We can however confirm that Goody Blake was a woman and not a man. The narrator tells us that it was also good when it was summer since Goody Blake could sit at her door.

We are told that there was joy for her when in winter the winds at night where strong and had uprooted or brought together many wood or sticks. However never in her entire life whether well or sick as everyone who knew her would testify had she ever gathered enough wood or sticks to last her Three daysWe learn that Goody Blake endures the cold in winter up to a time and could do so no longer because it made her bones to ache. The narrator uses a rhetorical remark to tells us that at the point when Goody Blake could bear it no longer an old hedge would definitely attract her attention. From time to time when she was cold she went to the hedge of Harry Gill to take some sticks from his old hedge.

Harry Gill we are made to know has for a long time suspected that Goody Blake has been cutting his hedge and promised to take vengeance on her if he catches her. Very often he would leave the confront of his dwelling to spend time in frost and snow to see if he could apprehend Goody Blake. One day behind a rick of barley Harry Gill stood looking into the open. The moon was full and shining clearly. He hears a noise and tiptoes down the hill and softly creeps to find Goody Blake Cutting his hedge.

We learn that Harry Gill was delighted to find her there pulling out sticks from the hedge. He waits behind a bush of elder till she had filled her apron with sticks, then when she turns around to leave, with a shout he sprung on Goody Blake.Regardless of her age and condition Harry Gill fiercely took hold of her and shook her and then he remarked "I've caught you then at last" Then Goody Blake who had nothing to say tohim knelt on the sticks she had picked and prayed instead to God who according to her was Judge of all. While kneeling with her arm held by Harry and the other to the sky, she prayed to God asking that never should Harry Gill be warm in his life. After hearing what Goody Blake had said Harry Gill leaves her and goes away, thus we can conclude that even though Harry Gill was cruel he was definitely not an atheist.

Harry Gill spends the whole of the next day complaining that he was cold and very chill his face was gloom and he was sad because on that day even though he wore a riding coat he did not feel a bit warm. He ordered for another coat on thrusday and by saturday/Sunday------the sabath depending on you, can be either a Saturday/Sunday-------- he had three riding coasts. All of this yielded no positive result and Harry was still cold even with blankets pinned all over his body,his jaws and teeth kept on chattering. His skin deteriorated and all who saw him came to the Conclusion that he would never again in his life get warm. Harry utters no words to anyone regardless of age or personality but only to himself he mutters "Poor harry Gill is very cold" The narrator ends by advising the farmers who he is telling the story, to bear in mind the story of Goody Blake and Harry Gill, thus teaching them to be selfless and tolerant to each other.

Was Harry Gill cold because he had spent so many nights out in the cold trying to catch Goody Blake “destroying his hedge” or was it because of Goody Blake’s curse?

A Free Summary of Robin Hood and the Butcher

Robin Hood and the Butcher
We learn that someone calls for all the brave men to come and listen to his song. It should be noted that women are not invited and men of the time where referred to as gallant.The song been sung was to be a story of robbin hood who we are told is a very good archer.

we learn that one day robin hood who was in the forest saw a Jolly----happy or plumb--- butcher who was on his way to the market to sell his mare and some meat.
Robin Hood is also described as jolly----happy or plumb----, he approaches the butchers and greets him Good Morning. Robin then asks him what food he is carrying?, but then why would robin do this when he already knew what food the butcher was carrying. Robin also requests the butcher to tell him his trade, now we ask the same question as to why robin does this when he already knows that the man is a butcher or could robin be wrong?. Finally we are told that robin asks the butcher where he lives and proclaims to to like the company of the butcher. We can say at the end of this scenario robin is either a clever man knowing the man was--a butcher---what he was holding----a mare and some meat---and where he was going---to sell it----or that robin look rather stupid in the butchers perception since if he where clever he wouldn't have asked him some of the questions he had asked. Secondly we relaised that it is the first time the two have met each other, thrildly we can say that the only genuine question robin asked was where the butcher lived. in the end we are in doubt as to whether or not robin hood really likes the company of the butcher.

The butcher tells robin that there is no importance knowing where he lives, however he is a butcher going to Nottingham to trade. thus the butcher confirms that robin was right in saying the man was a butcher.
we learn that robin asks the butcher what the price of his meat, This sentence when read without deduction tells us that robin asks the butcher how much his flesh cost----thus the butcher might have been alarmed thinking robin was a canibal but this is not the case at all. Robin also inquires of the price of the mare. we learn that robin refers to the mare as being a female and exposes to us and the butcher his intension to become a butcher in the last sentence. Further deductions tells us that robin was hoping the prices of the meat and the mare would be moderate so that he can have a good price for them and be a butcher.

The butcher promises to tell robin the price of his meat and the mare. he adds that they are not too expensive----thus they are expensive but not too expensive------. he quotes the price for the two as being Four marks.

Robin promises to give the butcher four marks to the items and does, he then mounts a donkey or a horse and then proclaims that he would be a good butcher or a successful one.

We are told that robin is off to Nottingham to begin his butchers trade, He goes to visit the sheriff with good intension and takes p residence with him or takes up residence in Nottingham, the later being obvious.

we learn that when other butcher prepared to sell their meat, robin hood imitated them, take note that he is being described as bold. We are told that robin was not good at selling his meat since he had very little experiences in selling meat.

We are told that while other butchers could not sell their meat, robin ways paid either gold or money and this is because robin offered more meat than the others offered for three penies for just a peny.which naturally attracted all customers to him thus the economic principle the lower the cost the higher the quantity demanded and the higher the cost the lower the quantity demanded.

No butcher in the area of robin hood could sell any meat because he sold his meat so fast offering more meat for a peny than what the other butchers where offering for five penies. The behaviour of Robin Hood may tempt us to ask ourselves whether or not robin hood was in his right mind and senses. wasn't he aware that he was making a lose or was it that he was in fact not making any losses at all?

The butchers around robin hood studied him as they stood not able to sell anything and came out with the assumption that he was a prodigal that had sold his fathers land.----thus they perceived him to be a careless person who had accumulated wealth by selling his fathers land, does selling the meat meant nothing to him and therefore he could sell it at any cost.


The other butchers approached robin and they got to know each other a little better, then one of the butchers overs robin an invitation to dine with him since they where all butchers by profession.

Robin Hood deemed it impolite to reject the invitation and therefore accepts to go along as fast as he can.


We learn that robin is sent to the sheriffs house for dinner, thus it was evening when the arrived. Robin Hood is asked to say grace before dinner. Thus we learn that the people where a religious and thus practiced some form of faith.

We learn that Robin Hood acknowledges God and asks of his blessing for them all.
Robin request the servants to serve them all more wine, wishing wine and happiness would never be so expensive and then promising to pay the bill. we might ask the question as to whether robin was not being rude to the butcher who had invited him since was behaving more of a host than of a guest. We may also wonder whether the butchers where right of robin a prodigal who has sold his fathers land or where robin hood acquired all his money from.

Robin urges the other butchers to be happy and continue to drink without concern for he would pay for the expenses. He tells them that he would only leave when the bill is five pounds and more. Thus we realize that robin was after all concern with his expenditure.

The butcher proclaimed him to be mad, the sheriff said he was a prodigal who had sold some land for a lot of money and made up his mind to spend it all.-------It should be noted that all this derogatory remarks that where made concerning robin hood where not said to his face but rather amongst the other butchers, thus robin was ignorant of what they said concerning him.

The sheriff inquires of robin whether he has any horned beast which he might like to buy, probably because he was the only butcher that sold his meat so cheap and thus it might have been because he had so many horned beast. Robin address the sheriff as master and tells him that he has two or three hundred horned animals.


Robin adds that he has a hundred archer of land which he is willing to show the sheriff if he wishes to see it, Robin assures the sheriff that the land is his having been left him by his father.



The sheriff saddled his palfrey and with an amount of 300 pounds of gold followed robin hood to see his property----the horned animals possibly bulls, deer, cattle and any horned animals.


We learn that both robin and the sheriff ride to Sherwood forest with is said to be a happy place, however the sheriff proclaims that God saves them from a man called robin hood. this sentences tells us that robin hood did not tell the butchers and the sheriff of Nottingham his real name. Also was robin hood facially disguised, couldn't they identify him by face, height, body or voice?.However why does the sheriff who is a person in authority afraid of robin hood.

As they went further into the forest, robin hood was fortunate to come across a hundred head of red deer with was also visible to the sheriff as well. How did robin hood know the exact number of deer?.

Robin asks the sheriff how he finds his horned beasts. Since he believes they are fat and healthy as they seem. However the sheriff tells robin that he wished he was gone from the place since he did not like the company of robin hood. Why did the sheriff say this?, was it because he was beginning to suspect it was robin hood he was riding together with?

Then Robin Hood takes a horn and blows it three times, subsequently little John and his company---men or followers------rush to the scene. why is john refered to as litte, did it have something to do with his height or his size or both?


We learn that little john refers to robin hood as master and inquires of him what they are to do. Robins hoods responds is that he has brought the sheriff of Nottingham of dine with little John and his men------who indirectly are all under Robin Hood------


Little John's responds is that the sheriff is welcome to stay. I then hopes the sheriff was pay for the hospitality which would be giving him honestly. He adds that is he reports which he receives are correct then the sheriff has with him so much gold, thus gold enough to serve all of them drinks for a whole day.


Robin takes the Sheriffs three hundred pounds

Robin then takes the Sheriff through the woods and puts him of a gray dapply. The sheriff request that robin orders his men to take the sheriff to robins wife at home. Why would the sheriff say this? or did he mean to say that robin should command his men to send the sheriff to the sheriffs wife at home, hence to the sheriffs wife. If the later was the case then the former would seem funny and which would explain why Robin hood goes away laughing. other wise robin hood laughing could be that he was laughing at the helpless situation of the sheriff.s

A Free summary of the twa corbies

The writer was walking all alone when he heard the twa corbies talking. How was the writer able to understand the language of the corbies?(Omniscient Narrator) One of the corbies inquires of the other where they shall have a feast. Probably it is the female Corby inquiring of the male Corby.

We learn from one of the corbies that a knight has recently been killed and nobody knows that he lies there but his hawk, his hound and his lady fair. This simply means that one of these characters killed the knight since they are the only ones who know where the slain knight lies and the corby speaking was the only witness to the event. Among these three characters it is the lady fair that has the highest chance to have killed the Knight, possibly through poison and not necessarily killing him in single combat during a duel or in fencing unless she was better than him in swordsmanship which is rather doubtful as he was a knight and also because women where discouraged from such sport.

We learn that his hound and his hawk are about their daily or normal activities while the lady fair has gone for another mate, thus the Corby speaking assures his mate not to worry that someone might discover the body and if I might add move it elsewhere or even worse burry it. The Corby speaking says this because the only person who can talk –the lady fair----and inform others of the tragedy has no intentions of doing so

We learn of the plans the corbies have concerning the dead knight

We learn that some where people are crying for his return but then none of them knows where he is and neither are they going to recognise him when the corbies have finished ripping out all of his flesh and leaving his mere bones bare to the wind.

A Free summary of Thomas the rhymer

We learn that True Thomas was on a tree and looking at a road, wasn’t there anything important True Thomas could have been doing at the time or was he waiting for someone? He momentarily sees a lady riding down. Her skirt was green as the grass; her mantle was velvet in colour. There hang 59 silver bells around the neck of her horse, thus she drew attention to herself where ever she went on the horse since the 59 bells rung when the horse moved. Why where there only 59 bells? And why where there made of silver and not any other material? True Thomas shows her courtesy and claims that he had never seen someone like her before. We learn that the lady claims to be the queen of fair elf land and not anyone else, she however claims that see has come to visit True Thomas, let us note the key word VISIT.

The queen asks True Thomas to prepare himself and come with her. She doesn’t warn True Thomas not to kiss her lips, she however says that she would be part of True Thomas’s body if he did, thus she would be a part of him if he kissed her. She tells True Thomas to be careful with her since something weird shall never frighten or discourage her. She told him this because he had kissed her lips? Why did True Thomas do that, was there someone else in his life? We learn that because of the kiss True Thomas had to compulsorily go with the queen and serve her seven years. However the queen assures True Thomas of the possibility of unchangeable events

We learn that she gets unto her horse and help True Thomas up as well who sit behind her. Whenever the bells on the horse rung the horse sped up even faster than the wind. They went a very long distance to a desert The queen asks true Thomas to rest a while possibly because he was tried being the first time riding on the back of a very fast horse. She promises to show him three roads afterwards. The first road is the path of righteousness. It is narrow and has thorns and briers. Only a few people seek this path. The phrase path of righteousness alludes to the book of proverbs 12:28. On the path of righteousness there is suffering---thorns---and there is happiness as well—briers.

The other road is a broad road across lily leven, and is the path of wickedness, though some call it the road to heaven. Heaven is allured to in this stanza, however the queen tell True Thomas that some people are ignorant that the broad road is the path of the wicked since they endure no thorns---hardship on such a path. The third road is to fair elf land where the queen and true Thomas must go to in the very night. We learn that the queen gives True Thomas caution to be silent while in elfin land since he would not be able to return to his country after doing so.

The queen and True Thomas ride on and on through rivers and did not see the sun nor moon but heard the roaring of the sea. It was very dark and they went through blood, since blood that is shared on the earth passes through the springs of that country, how True Thomas sees the blood when he claims it was very dark. There is no evidence in the passage to tell us that the queen had told True Thomas about the blood. True Thomas is presented with an apple for his wages, an apple that would make sure he lives an honest life. True Thomas declares he is an honest man. True Thomas reassures the queen that he would be silent in elfin land. And endure all that would come his way. True Thomas we are told we are told changes his clothes to that worn in elf land and is seen in his own country 7 years later.

A Free Summary of Sir Patrick Spens

Dunfermline town must be the capital
Why was the king drinking the blude-red wine? ---was it that he was enjoying himself or was it that he was not happy?
The King did not just point out that Sir Patrick spen should sail his new ship
The King inquires from whom?
The King has a new Ship

Who else was there when the eldern knight spoke?
Why didn't any one second the statement or disagree with the claim?
Or was it that it was only the king and the eldern knight that where there? If so why? Was he some sort of special advisor to the King?
Was Sir Patrick spans really the best sailor?

The seal of the king was on the letter, showing its importance.
What was Sir Patrick spens doing on the strand?
Sir Patrick Spens is ordered to fetch the king’s daughter of noroway.
Note that it was not said that this thou must bring her back, neither was it said that mine daughter of noroway, thus we can Say that the princes was not the daughter of the king sitting in Dunfermline town, thus the king uses home because the home of sir Patrick is where he is and thus the home used refers to Sir Patrick Spen's home.

Why was sir Patrick spens happy when he begun to read the letter? What fascinated him, let us take note that the first word "to" that Sir Patrick read he was happy but the next word "noroway" that sir Patrick read he was sad. Thus even before reading the rest of the contents of the letter Sir Patrick spens was unhappy. However if Sir Patrick Spens where suspicious about his king he wouldn’t have been happy from the start, unless he was not aware of it.

Did sir Patrick spens really want to know who had told the King about him, or was it that sir Patrick spens did not see himself to be that famous or was it that Sir Patrick Spens was of the view that whoever told the king about him was not thoughtful, but what if the eldern knight spoke on impose, that is without knowing what he had said out of a sense of duty or what if he said it without knowing the king was going to issue an order for a voyage during that Season? What if he had good intensions? What if the eldern knight did not even know that the king had written a letter to Sir Patrick spens afterwards? However was it that the king was ignorant of the season when he gave those orders or did he do it with evil intent.

Sir Patrick spens avows to accomplish his task. Was it possible for Sir Patrick Spen to have petitioned the king to Postpone the journey? What if the Kings daughter of noroway refused to go back with Sir Patrick Spens or what if the King of Noroway refused or was it that the King of Noroway was dead or was it that he and his daughter could not refuse? What did the King want with the king’s daughter of Noroway anyway? Would Sir Patrick Spens have to take force if the princes refused to come with him? How many men was Sir Patrick travelling with? Where they in procession of weapons?



They got ready on Monday and with sped made it to noroway on a Wednesday. How long did it take to make the trip, was the trip a safe one? The trip should have been safe since there was not report of any misfortunes.


Sir Patrick spens and his men had only spent two days in noroway when the lords of noroway begun to accuse them of steeling.


We learn that sir Patrick Spens and his men are Scottish and from the way it is said this implies that the lords of noroway where not Scottish. On what grounds did the lords of noroway have to state their claims, was this a false accusation? Was it that sir Patrick spens and his men where spending so much money in noroway? we learn that the king of noroway has more money that his queen. Sir Patrick Spens claims the accusations are false. He does not keep quiet about it. But why didn’t the king and queen of the lords of noroway make those accusations?

Sir Patrick Spens claims that he and his men brought much money from home with them.


Was it the original plan of Sir Patrick spens to sail in the morning or was it that he didn’t want to have more lies thrown at him or was it that he feared some form of prosecution in Noroway? Was Sir Patrick spens respected in noroway since he had come under the authority of his king? I think not if not he would not have been falsely accused. Why is Sir Patrick Spens describing his men as merry when they are been accused of theft? Is this to ginger his men to make them merry since they are sad or is this because his men are merry because despite the accusations they had completed part of their mission by acquiring the king daughter of noroway. Would Sir Patrick spens after coming so far not complete his assignment because he was been accused, I do not think so. However we are told of a deadly storm.


We are told of a bad omen, and that one of the crew members feels that they would be in danger if they sail on the scheduled day. there is however no account of another sailor repeating the same thing or disagreeing with it, Sir Patrick Spen himself does not verify or refuse the statement addressed to him, Why is this so?


They had sailed barely 5 kilometres---a league---- when they where hit by the storm.

Why did Sir Patrick Spens not call out the name of one of his crew to take the helm in hand rather than ask for such a person, why wasn’t there a quarrel so that the crew would want to take the helm in hand after all it was the captains duty to take the helm in hand. Wasn’t there someone whose duty was to spie land at the tall top mast or couldn’t Sir Patrick Spens order someone to see if they could spie land. However we notice the seriousness of Sir Patrick to dock his ship and go on land. If the princes was on board it would be highly unlikely that she would be on deck since most of the work done on the ship was done by the commoners and if was not allowed for the aristocrats that the commoners to socialised in those days even if the prince had wanted to come on deck she would have change he mind or advised to do otherwise since it was a deadly storm.


Someone steps forward to take Sir Patricks place at the helm but then the person suggest that sir Patrick wouldn’t spie land, why did the fellow make such a statement? Did he know better than Sir Patrick Spens in such matters?


We learn that Sir Patrick Spens had not covered the distance of two steps when a boat onboard the ship fell overboard and the sea water rushed in.


We learn that Sir Patrick Spens gives orders to salvage the ship and prevent water from entering it.

We are told that his orders are obeyed; we are also told that the ship was good thus it was strong. However the water still came into the boat, and this water entered with great force and pressure, thus the men who where around the place trying to salvage the ship had to struggle as the water rushed in.


This account closes the events of the storm. We learn that the Scots Lord did not want to wet their cock heeled shoon, but after the storm their hats where floating on the water.

We learn that some money was floating on the sea, was this money paper since if it where gold it would have sunk.

The wives of the crew are on the shore and are distraught

Very much like the pervious summary

The distance to Aberdeen is slightly more than 13 leagues and is 300 ft deep. Where sir Patrick spens lies with the scot lords------it should be taken into account that there is not mention of the commoners supposedly since they are the least ranked in the society, however if the prince of noroway was also on board there was no mention about her as well and this can be explain in a number of reasons first of which is that in those times messages where either sent through messengers riding on horse, a bird of prey such a hawk or sent overseas on a ship, supposedly the princes of noroway was onboard the ship the people of noroway wouldn’t have been able to communicate this to the Scottish people since a messenger and the bird of prey could have been killed in the storm or in the case of the messenger delayed, a ship would have sunk as that of Sir Patrick spens. Thus when this ballad was written no news concerning the princes onboard the ship of sir Patrick spens would have reached the Scottish.

Now supposing that there was treachery in this ballad who would be behind it and who would it have been against?. If the King of Scotland wanted the princes of noroway died was there no other way to kill her that inviting her during a bad season, wouldn’t it have been obvious to all that he wanted her dead? However what if sir Patrick spens and his crew had not made it to noroway in the first place? Would the Scottish king have sent someone else, or had the Scottish king previously sent someone who died on the way? What if the Scottish king wanted to kill sir Patrick spens? Wouldn’t there had been another way? What would he stand to gain? What was the relationship between sir Patrick Spens and the Scottish King?

A Free summarry of Fair Annie

We are told that fair Annie’s is being told to learn to sleep alone since her husband is going overseas to bring a bride home. Fair Annie’s husband is only concerned about wealth; he only wants the wealth of his new bride.

Fair Annie’s husband is worried that he has no one to welcome his bride on his return. Is this actually true? Was there no aristocrat to welcome his bride on her arrival? Note that in those times as like in present times envoys and dignitaries to a country are greeted at the airport by high profile government official or persons

Fair Annie voluntarily accepts to perform this duty when her husband’s returns with his bride.

Fair Annie’s husband is however not satisfied and mentions the qualities of the one he wants to perform the duty in question.

Fair Annie however claims that she is not a maiden since she has already had 7 children and is even pregnant at the moment. Who was responsible for her pregnancy? We might say it is because of fair Annie’s condition that her husband denies her the chance to welcome his new bride. If however her husband was not responsible for the pregnancy then we might have a reason for his decision to go in for a new bride-------this is not started in the text-------- other than this it might be because fair Annie has lost or is loosing her patrician features

Fair Annie views her husband and his new bride from a distance while having two of her sons with her.

Fair Annie urges her eldest son to come where she is and look at his father and his new bride.

However her eldest son entreats her to come down from where she was before she commits suicide.

While she was getting down she sees part of her husband’s ship shine like silver

While she was still descending she came into view of the ship of the new bride and part of it shone like gold, this goes to show the differences in wealth between the two.

There is exaggeration hear as it is impossible to hold the hands of seven people. Fair Annie goes to meet her husband and his bride as they enter

She first of all welcomes her husband back and then she welcomes his new bride, not many women would be able to do what fair Annie did or was it Fair Annie intension out of curiosity to see how beautiful the new bride was as compared to herself

We learn that it is only the new bride that shows appreciation to Annie, how did the new bride know Annie’s name?; it is obvious that Annie’s husband had informed his new bride of Annie before their arrival or that Annie introduced herself by name. The new bride comments that Annie has the resemblances of a sister she has seen in a long time.

The new bride adds that the sister in question had been captured by a knight and taken away some time ago.

We learn that Fair Annie hangs 2 napkins to clean her tears.

We learn that fair Annie serves the long tables and in the process drinks the wan water to enable her get a grip on herself. This is ironic considering the word wan as it should make her dumb spirited.

We learn that as Fair Annie serves the tables she turns to wipe her tears from time to time. Note that humans cry when they are either happy or sad. Sadness is what is depicted her possibly as Annie recalls a time when she sat side be side with her husband while being served and how a new bride has come to take her place.

We learn that one of fair Annie’s son approaches her and wipes her tears

Fair Annie’s husband stands amongst his men---------was Fair Annie husband some sought of monarch of the bases of his men-------- turns himself about and declares which of two they admire, the old woman---fair Annie or the new bride.

After mass fair Annie husband and his new bride retire to their room.

Fair Annie then tries to go very close to their room to hear what they would say to each other or would do that night or both. Was it right for Fair Annie to do this? I reckon not however we learn that she was hurt very bad, she might have heard some uncomplimentary statements from her husband concerning her or she might have missed being in the company of her husband having being told to sleep alone.

Fair Annie claims that if her seven sons where seven young rats running on the castle wall and she where a grey hound, all her sons would soon be worried, in other words her sevens sons were not worried or concerned about what was going on. Why was this so? Was it because of fear of their father? There is no mention in the ballad that Fair Annie’s husband maltreated his sons. There is no stated conversation between fair Annie’s children and their father also. Did he keep away from them or did they keep away from him?

Fair Annie states that if her sons where hares and she was a hound they would be soon worried, thus it seems fair Annie was of the view that her children did not care about what was going on.

After this she decides to sing, but then she cries in the process and curses the man who has done her wrong? Which man is fair Annie speaking of and which wrong has been done her? Is possible that fair Annie is referring to someone else besides her husband?

The new bride momentarily goes to greet fair Annie.

Apparently this is because she has heard fair Annie make a sick moan. And wants to find out why

The new bride then inquires of fair Annie’s parentage and if she had a brother or sister.

We learn that the Earl of Wemyes was her father and the countess of wemyes was her mother. Fair Annie treats all others as her siblings around the house. Thus fair Annie was a noble. The new bride does not make a connection to her parentage.

The new bride decides to give her ships to fair Annie with 4 going to her eldest son, and thanks the powers in heaven that she would be returning still a virgin. It is probably that the new bride saw how she was going to end up living with her husband by learning from the experiences of fair Annie and decides to leave? We might be forced to wonder whether fair Annie’s husband would permit his new bride to return and abandoned him after being legally married to her after mass. Of what benefit where the ships to Fair Annie and her elders son?----was this done so that Fair Annie and her eldest son could trade it for money and be better of than their husband and father respectfully or was it to enable Fair Annie and her children escape?