Winnie was considered chief "henwife" at the Parsonage. ❋ Angela Brazil (1907)
This was a half-witted lad, of very small stature, who had a kind of charge of the poultry under the old henwife; for in a Scottish family of that day there was a wonderful substitution of labour. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Then Trembling gave up all the things she had to the henwife, put on her old clothes, and went to work in the kitchen. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
So she went home to the queen and told her what the henwife had said. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
The third day the queen goes along with the girl herself to the henwife. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
When Trembling was dressed, the henwife put the honey-bird on her right shoulder and the honey - finger on her left. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
"That's easy enough," said the henwife, and told them that a Brownie that's paid for its service, in aught that's not perishable, goes away at once. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
"Don't mind that; don't be vexed," said the henwife; "maybe it's the best thing that ever happened to you." ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
So she took counsel of the henwife, who told her to send the lassie to her next morning fasting. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
The henwife put on the cloak of darkness, wished for all these things, and had them. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
After they had gone, the henwife came in and asked: "Will you go to church to-day?" ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
After they had gone and were out of sight, the henwife came to the kitchen and said: "Well, my dear, are you for church to-day?" ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
"Go home to your minnie and tell her to keep her larder door better locked," said the henwife. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
When the sisters came home, the henwife asked: "Have you any news from the church?" ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
When she came to the henwife's she asked for eggs, as she had been told to do; the henwife said to her, "Lift the lid off that pot there and see." ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
Then the henwife was rare angry and said to Anne, "Tell your minnie the pot won't boil if the fire's away." ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
Trembling sat on the golden saddle; and when she was ready to start, the henwife said: "You must not go inside the door of the church, and the minute the people rise up at the end of Mass, do you make off, and ride home as fast as the mare will carry you." ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
So next morning early, the queen said to Anne, "Go, my dear, to the henwife in the glen, and ask her for some eggs." ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
So they took pity on the poor Brownie, and asked the nearest henwife what they should do to send it away. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
When Trembling sat in the saddle and was going away, the henwife ordered her strictly not to go inside the door of the church, but to rush away as soon as the people rose at the end of Mass, and hurry home on the mare before any man could stop her. ❋ Joseph Jacobs (1885)
