SC - Fw: [TY] Skal!
Gerekr at aol.com
Gerekr at aol.com
Wed Jul 21 12:27:06 PDT 1999
On 7/9/99 9:00 AM sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG wrote:
>> It's also important to know the local toasts. In Sweden,
>> it's "skal." Many people in the US also like to use that
>> toast, but they might not if they knew what it really
>> meant. It descends from the Vikings and refers to their
>> drinking glass, made from an enemy's skull.
To quote from the Norse FAQ I'm assembling:
>Drinking from the skulls of one's enemies
>This misconception can be traced to a mistranslation by one Magnus Olafsson
of Krakumal
>"drinking from skulls". Apparently the actual phrase refers to drinking
from bowls, skal.
Meistari Gerekr
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