I quote only a few, enough to show that the position of a Finnish wife was by no means an easy one.
"So soon as the cock crows in the morning you must be quick to rise; you must keep your ears awake to hear the cry of the cock.

And if there be no cock, or the cock does not crow, then let the moon be as a cock for you, let the constellation of the great Bear tell you when it is time to rise.
Then you must quickly make the fire, skilfully removing the ashes, without sprinkling them upon the floor.

Then quickly go to the stable, clean the stable, take food to the cattle, feed all the animals on the farm.

For already the cow of your mother-in-law will be lowing for food; the horse of your father-in-law will be whinnying; the milch cow of your sister-in-law will be straining at her tether; the calf of your brother-in-law will be bleating; for all will be waiting for her whose duty it is to give them hay, whose duty it is to give them food." Like instructions are given about feeding the younger animals and the fowls and the little pigs.

But she must not forget the children of the house at the same time: "When you have fed the animals and cleaned the stables come back quickly, quickly as a snow-storm.