Could anyone think of any references to the following in Child ballads:
1. A deaf mute (violent if possible, but not essential)
2. Father vs Son in combat
3. Wife beating (The Wee Cooper of Fife excepted)
4. A drunken guard in a tower, keep or prison.
5. A thief, robber or cutpurse where a woman is the victim.
Needed for a piece I am writing and running short of research time. The ballad name or number would suffice. Greatly obliged.