Sunday, December 11, 2005

The Yuletide Lads - part 2

Tonight the first Yuletide lad comes to town.
Sheep Cote-Clod
( Stekkjastaur )


The first of them was Sheep-Cote Clod.
He came stiff as wood,
to pray upon the farmer´s sheep
as far as he could.


He wished to suck the ewes,
but it was no accident
he couldn´t; he had stiff knees
- not to convenient.

by Jóhannes úr Kötlum / Translation by Hallberg Hallmundsson

Pictures/Copyright©Olafur Petursson

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