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syedajmain
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What prank did Puck played with the dairymaid in the dairy and how?

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Posted by syedajmain on Friday October 23, 2009 at 8:24 AM and tagged with a midsummer night's dream, characters, dairymaid, prank, puck.

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  1. pohnpei397 Teacher
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    I assume that you are talking about what the fairy says to Puck when Puck first appears in Act II, Scene 1.  At that point, the fairy is trying to make sure that Puck is who she thinks she is and she lists off some of the stuff he does.

    What he does with regards to dairy stuff is 1) he will skim the cream off the milk at times (make it into skim milk) and 2) get in the butter churn and prevent the cream that's in there from turning into butter.

    Either I mistake your shape and making quite,
    Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite
    Call'd Robin Goodfellow: are not you he
    That frights the maidens of the villagery;
    Skim milk, and sometimes labour in the quern
    And bootless make the breathless housewife churn;
    And sometime make the drink to bear no barm;

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/midsummer-nights-dream/act-ii-scene...
    http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/cml/tfsmidsummer.html

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    Posted by pohnpei397 on Friday October 23, 2009 at 8:52 AM