Husband who minded the house Husband who minded the house - Norway O NCE upon a time there was a man so surly and cross that he never thought his wife did anything right in the house. One evening, in hay making time, he came home, scolding and swearing, and showing his teeth and making a fuss about everything in sight. I'll tell you what we'll do.
Tomorrow let's change our work.
I'll go out with the mowers and mow, and you shall stay at home and mind the house. The husband thought that would do very well. To do nothing but stay home all day long, he said, would be easy indeed. So, early next morning, his wife took a scythe over her neck and went out into the hayfield with the mowers and began to mow. The man stayed behind to mind the house, and do the work at home.