SC - Unbathed Vikings!?!?!

[Diana L Skaggs]

At 07:06 PM 10/23/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Leanna,
>
>Vikings were looked down upon in several contexts not only for
>their propensity for attacking "unarmed Irish clerics"(note: not
>any Irish clerics I have ever met, but that is neither here nor
>there) but because they were indecent enough to take off all
>their clothing and enter into steam lodges with great frequency.
>
>And it carries through to today.  The members of the SCA I met
>in Nordmark (mundanely Sweden) are great lovers of showers,
>baths, saunas, hot tubs, swimming, and all things water.  They
>were much more bathed and sanitary than many a Saxon farmer or
>Paris merchant!
>
>Tyrca

Tyrca, thanks for repairing my ignorance in this area.  Leanna the available