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Title: Stories for the household
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894 Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: London : G. Routledge and Sons

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pany drankdeep, and threw the bones of the feast in each others faces, and thiswas considered a sign of good humour. The bard, a kind of minstrel,but who was also a warrior, and had been on the expedition with therest, sang them a song, in which they heard all their warlike deedspraised, and everything remarkable was specially noticed. Every verseended with the burden: Goods and gold, friends and fops will die; every man must one day die But a famous name will never die! And with that they beat upon their shields, and hammered the tablein glorious fashion with bones and knives. The Vikings wife sat upon the high seat in the open hall. She worea silken dress and golden armlets, and great amber beads: she was inher costliest garb. And the bard mentioned her in his song, and sangof the rich treasure she had brought her rich husband. The latter wasdelighted with the beautiful child, which she had seen in the day-timein all its loveliness; and the savage ways of the little creature pleased
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THE VIKINGS FEAST. him especially. He declared that the girl might grow up to be a statelyheroine, strong and determined as a man. She Avould not wink hereyes when a practised hand cut off her eyebrows with a sword by wayof a jest. The full mead-barrel was emptied, aud a fresh one brought in, forthese were people who liked to enjoy all things plentifully. The oldproverb was indeed well known, which says, The cattle know whenthey should quit the pasture, but a foolish, man knoweth not the measureof his own appetite. Yes, they knew it well enough ; but one knowsone thing, and one does another. They also knew that even the wel- pp 2 580 Stories for the Household. come guest becomes wearisome when he sitteth long in the house; but for all that they sat still, for pork and mead are good things; andthere was high carousing, and at night the bondmen slept among thewarm ashes, and dipped their fingers in the fat grease and licked them.Those were glorious times ! Once more in the year the Viki

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