Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Yuletide lads - part 9

Skyr Gobbler
( Skyr gámur)

Skyr Gobbler, the eighth,
was an awful stupid bloke.
He lambasted the skyr tub
till the lid on it broke.
    Then he stood there gobbling
    - his greed was well known -
    until, about to burst,
    he would bleat, howl and groan.
      By Jóhannes úr Kötlum / Translated by Hallberg Hallmundsson
      Pictures/Copyright©Olafur Petursson

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