SC - food and hospitality
Christine A Seelye-King
mermayde at juno.com
Mon Jan 11 15:44:11 PST 1999
> Not much bread and porridge, as most grain had to be imported (the
>only grain grown with any success in Iceland is barley, and that was
>mostly used for ale).
>>Elaina
This is contrary to what I have read. The reasoning being that much more
value could be had from cooked barley than from ale. (It would certainly
go farther.) Hmm.
>The old Norse poem Hávamál, which I was made to learn by heart at a
>very tender age, largely deals with the theme of hospitality - what
>hospitality to offer a guest, and how to accept it.
OOh! Would you be able to re-create it (in English) for us here? I
would love to have it! Many thanks in advance,
Mistress Christianna MacGrain
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