Friday, December 19, 2008

The Yuletide lads - part 10

Sausage Swiper
( Bjúgna krækir )

The ninth was Sausage Swiper,
a shifty pilferer.
He climbed up to the rafters
and raided food from there.
    Sitting on a crossbeamin
    soot and in smoke,
    he fed himself on sausage
    fit for gentlefolk.
      By Jóhannes úr Kötlum / Translated by Hallberg Hallmundsson
      Pictures/Copyright©Olafur Petursson

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