Ma’s face was red. She stood up slowly and faced Mrs. Sandry. "Git!" she said. "Git out now, ‘fore I git to be a sinner a-tellin’ you where to go. Git to your wailin’ an’ moanin’."…Mrs. Sandry’s mouth dropped open. She stepped back. And then she became fierce…Ma stooped down and picked up a stick of wood. "Git!" she said coldly. "Don’ you never come back."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 22. As angry Ma Joad confronts fundamentalist zealot Mrs. Sandry and threatens her with a piece of wood. Ma is being the protective mother after Sandry frightens Ma’s daughter Rose of Sharon with her religious fanaticism.