back-and-ben

Updated: June 22, 2025

"I know, Jeanie Mac Dougal! Ye canna forget ye are wee mither and it's hard for ye to be only woman richt noo. I know the kind of wife ye hae in mind for me. The patient wife, the housewife, the meek wife wi' only her een for back-and-ben, for kitchen and parlor. But I love Lana." "She promised and she took her promise back! Again she promised, and again she took it back!"

Holman Day - All-Wool Morrison