Possible Clues:

• A northern spouse will make one less serious
• Liven up an island that's dull with introduction of entertainment
• I meant having a change to cheer things up
• Petrified mother of twelve
• One spouse from the North may put some life in you
• Put life into as with cartoon
• Does this mean that tea could be the main thing to revive one?
• A spouse from Ulster will wake you up
• Bird 20 to cause a stir?
• That's enough to put some life into a spouse from the North