The farmer's daughter or farmer's daughter is a term for a fictional character and stereotype for a farmer's daughter, who is often portrayed as a desirable and naive young woman. It is described as the "open air type" and "folk spirit" who tend to marry and settle with a hero.
The archetype is very old. A farmer's daughter appears in the thirteenth century Icelandic Grettis epic; There, the character and a female maid discover a runaway warrior sleeping naked in a barn. The maid mocks the size of the warrior's penis, and as the farmer's daughter escapes from the room, the warrior awakens and forces himself to him. [3] The character also forms the basis of a series of pranks known as farmer girl pranks, which tend to be sexual in nature and focus on random acts. A medieval French tale tells the daughter of a farmer "Who Can't Bear To Hear The Fuck". In the story, the farmer's daughter is physically ill by the recitation of rude words, so she and her father's farmer appear in vague words, referring to his penis as a horse and a bow to his vagina; But at the end of the story, he implies that he did not want to say rude words, telling him to water his horse in the spring, but easily carried out actions. [5]
The plot of "farmer's daughter" jokes often involves seducing her daughter by another stock character, the peddler. [6] [7] The concept of the farmer's daughter having sex with a traveling peddler is particularly prominent in American retelling, where they are "closely related to the Ozark subculture" and some jokes can be traced back to at least the 1900s. [4]
The character of the farmer's daughter has appeared in many popular mainstream media productions, including her three daughters Betty Jo, Bobbie Jo and Billie Jo on the sitcom, Mary Ann Summers on Gilligan's Island, and Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. and Elly May Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies and Daisy Mae in the Li'l Abner comic. [8]
Several other clichés have been added to the farmer's daughters. The farmer's daughter is also considered to be physically healthy. In a parliamentary debate in England in 1753, a speaker who glorified the right of people to marry outside of their class said: “The daughter of a farmer is a match for the eldest son of the best lord in the country, and perhaps a better wife than his father chuse for him, because he will bring good and healthy blood to the family ”. [9] Another characteristic is the desire of the farmer's daughter to leave the farm and explore the city and urban life. An American account of the mid-20th century had heard the author often stress that "a farmer's daughter is the right woman for the farmhouse. I've heard repeatedly that a farmer's daughter will never be a farmer's wife, yes, and sometimes changes his mind when asked!"
