It was Peter Vanderdonk, a descendant of a historian, who convinced the villagers to accept Rip Van Winkle's story. He said that everything Rip described about the time period he was coming from was true, and that there was no need to doubt his words. Thus, everyone believed Peter (as he was a successor of a learned man) and Rip was readmitted into his society.
Shrew usually means an angered or a bad-tempered person.
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I love that show! And my fav line is when Barney says, "Its gonna be...Legend...wait for it....DARY!"
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