<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The mistletoe. ---a Christmas tale [graphic]</dc:title><dc:date>[12 September 1800]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"Illustration to verses signed 'Laura Maria' printed in three columns. The interior of a farmhouse kitchen. The elderly farmer seated by the fire watches with rage his wife being kissed under the mistletoe by a handsome young man. Men and girls stand or sit round the room, watching the scene."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title in letterpress below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Verses printed in three columns below title: A farmer's wife, both young and gay, and fresh as op'ning morn of May ...</dc:description><dc:description>Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: farmhouse kitchen -- Hearths -- Christmas games -- Mistletoe -- Farmers -- Jealousy.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>