Friday, December 12, 2008

December 12th - Stekkjastur

On December 12th, the first Yule Lad arrives. He's Stekkjastur or Sheep Cot Clod.He sneaks into the sheep pen and tries to steal the ewes' milk.
Hmmm. I guess if we lived in an Icelandic sod hut a couple of hundred years ago, we would understand how annoying that was.

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