Show IN 0 R VA Y AND N N D S SWEDEN WE D E N CUSTOMS IN THE LAND OF THE VIKINGS s superstitions ardina masoni the sea scan 11 collian claus of tit tho iren bren of the brother Br othero tl sad and grimm criniti ui the peasantry of norway amid aad sweden generally build their homes as neat near each other as convenient often civo to seven families live adjoining constituting a miniature minia tnie village tillage after tho the first day has passed the tha enjoyment commences dancing Dinc ins is the principal for tile tho youth while tho the old people aud and the tha children thil dreu stay at honio honic aud and rehearse rehe arso tales that aro arc replete arith orgies find and aisea Ni sea or as lie ha rise also is called the latter 1 is a miniature being that corresponds in many respects to tile tho scotch brownie but is quite santa Claut like in ili general appearance tho the tales that are told have been handed down from generation to generation abil audwert were at ono one time believed Leli eved and even in sonic districts credence crede nuo is still given to what is stated about these unnatural beings nissen is tho the lienig being that thatis is ot of tho the greatest interest to the lie he is not lot a bad fellow at till all it if lie can only have his way where lie lives lires no ono one knows it is supposed that he spends the lays days sleeping Dg in some of the hills or under tho the ground although he is small email ho he is 13 possessed with super natural power and can do much to shape the fate ot of ft a person either good 07 or bad great to care is therefore exercised to do de what is known will plenio plea o kieen special attention must bo be given him christmas christinas eve should he come coma around after midnight and his favorite dish ro rouie mcgrod grod has not been placed outside near the door trouble will vill result sult when people awake in ili the morn I 1 ing they can expect to find their cattle in a lc condition generally vents his vengel vengeance on oil tho duill animals Is ot of tile tha farm they will bo be tired fired the next day showing that thai hs hats been playing some drauk with them thereby keeping hleap arora them thein Arti articles elps in ill the barn will bo found topsy turny tuny 1 while the horses have hare ile liean fill turned around in their stall but it if the dih hiis has been placed out for him lie to is ha hap py ire he hows his in deeds lee d I 1 when tho the hired ruan man ili that case goes out to the it baru christma Chiist ma morning hi may expect to f end nil all hii big chores done j ilia hie herpes have bave ill curried so BU they luule i give twice their usual amount of milk la in many cases the wood lias has been split many superstitious hui people oil this oc cc cadiou bar tho the door with a 1 l kiei fieo 0 ut of steel they aio aie afraid ot of linn and therl t is ii tile tho only thing that ni nien kinen kin en has no power over lie ile lia has often ticen been knovell to 0 o lauve filtered entered tile the house and aud tolen stolen tood food many a hired pirl girl can vouch for the fact thit that taic has heard him climbing about on the sl ilves of the larder md and even iu in it few cases lie ho has been seen tho the youth still iu in a manner retain tho the habits of their ancestry at eventide they gather together from tho the small villages I 1 and visit their neighbors As a 1 rule tho the ground it at this time t line of u year is ia heavily covered with snow and the trip has bis to be made on oil skis ih ibis is one of the mot delightful features of the ho celebration the ski is the national article of and the boys and girls girla aro arc adepts lit iu the art of if standing on them in tho the deep deelias and hills bills tho the young people go go from neigh hor bor to I 1 neighbor gathering more ot of them they have often no particular destination but enow they will end cud somewhere when they come to some bartic ally laigo laige farmhouse se th they ey drop their liis aiji and go inside hero a ci 0 grything ery thing is in for them in thu tho way of food think and music the fiddler strikes up his merry til kimps lups and chose present are into a voltee of mer duent in most parts of tile tho country this felt fea turo lure is in ill no wiy way marred and the danco gobb oes on until late in the morning morn iii aall when tile the young go home only to meet wacie else ISO tile the following follo wius night in ill cf the primitive parts of norway as at and voss fights NN ere era indulged iu in in gone by this cu itoiz his has not entirely changed ed but tile the fatalities that wele so coin calil moil no thou then do do not ediht now then W when b cu it a went to on buo ouo of cf these dances tile I 1 lie gill would generally take her lovers leivers tol leral genvia along fully empet ing that jl he would need it leforc tho the light hall had gone in tin tile palt of SNed sweden cn yul lotta it a custom that is 1 kiy alry lie is by tile pea autry the early lat at 1 I au day d y is ii boass ass 1 1 ll 11 1 g a t tie u d bild lild by ill ally every oual the of the iiI lj have often to lo through bilies savin pvc as tir fir as 8 front from all direction conio they thiry thu tho biow in ill each carrying a blitch it 1 l ce of pitch pl ion pole upal up 1 I al ll 11 rolce alio llio or arc c is its As still i iu 11 da bleb tile the nylie of cf those bovins likht lights i tongai foward d wo me cc titer its ib 11 im TI th hired fill n u in ill this pont fir losing thu uc culiar lolu rl tile the country hat chiw 13 a 06 blut it they tray iry to play upon each other oilier J I 1 1 rist s it is to try to not get up enily eally mid and RO go over to the and pr forin tho the chores nf it the tha hird man there before ho he atts its i ts up uriar ID 10 light is taken tadeu in ili thu the perpetration of 0 this trick iti in the lh ea parly arly part of the it was a befit f that thai on oil rial all the I 1 lt L iuna ings to I 1 lit in to lu in a grand carousal they weri werf I 1 in i alor the ahr good of the iha abold then flow flew through the air creating a to ri I 1 11 i iii I 1 ill noise and aad oston damage jolla lo litin ini yen vans I 1 a poem A agaard aelen it till I 1 I 1 i a I 1 deed that its bomnin t t c d I 1 by Y ill alii I 1 i 1 it it was eve ard alid 1 was being celebrated ci the bride djs nf if tho the tai resit and the bridel groom till alir W worthies had been bee invited nud and the general Ke eril i I 1 was enhanced by tho the free reo fi v if f liquor when every everyone one was in a sh hit epy condition from its sa an pora use tho the doors flew mn aud the lie brothers aud and alv esterd alv had recently been refused by the bride aud and be 16 wits was rat out for revenge an all attack wits was made tho the women huld huddled ledd together while the ul tried to rally the brother had bad seized seize d the and div was about to plunge his dagger into his breast then rii rii a teri terrible ible crash was heard aud ani it seemed as if demons were on the brothers stood as it if transfixed they knew it was and they faltered the rho dlois flew open pud find div was seized by the throat threat told and dragged on the outside then tho the people aathur aed ed in the house heard beard a bin ill whiz as of something flying through the air and then all was quiet lint but alv wile was never seen again uis ilis brot brother lier grimm wits badly hurt lirt but and ou on christmas christinas e enins ening i iu in yeara years he told to the children abilda eu the wedding festival that was visited by minneapolis tribune I 1 |