June 20, 2004

• Great link! Thanks, dng. Elves in Modern Iceland
• Dazed by the witch-craze of Iceland -- all very strange amd new -- thanks, dng.
• Ooops --Somehow managed to delete the phrase "to me" adter "strange and new". /ill-writ on All-Thumbs Day
• The corpsebritches are killin' me. What would you use as a belt?
• Didn't I read in some old ballad how fingerbones are used as pegs...?
• What would you use as a belt? A rag, a bone, and a hank of hair. I like the idea of money being constantly drawn into my scrotum. Or, perhaps, somebody else's easily accessible scrotum. Particularly if they're no longer using that scrotum.
• Ach, now, a coin Tucked in the groin Can never suit Me half so well As sticking it Up me snoot.
• Very interesting page ! Rosahringur must be carved on the flesh side of the skin of a brown bitch. Then colour the carving with the blood of a black tomcat which has been killed under a full moon. Some of those rituals are so elaborate, I wonder how they came about and what was the rationale behind them (if any). Or is it a case of post-hoc rationalization of 'fortunate' coincidences ? Also, those cases of witch-hunting are terrifying !
• Aha ... this explains Bjork!