. Social Scandinavia in the Viking age. edthem. In addition to keeping all supplied with food anddrink, the duties of the women in refined households in-cluded passing around basins and towels before and aftermeals, in order that the diners might wash their the poor, the washing probably took place onlybefore eating, if at all. This custom of thus washingat table obviously rose—in the absence of napkins andfinger-bowls—from the fact that the fingers were muchused in handling the food.^^ In comparison with their general cultural status, theFoods and ancient Scandinavians enjoyed a l
. Social Scandinavia in the Viking age. edthem. In addition to keeping all supplied with food anddrink, the duties of the women in refined households in-cluded passing around basins and towels before and aftermeals, in order that the diners might wash their the poor, the washing probably took place onlybefore eating, if at all. This custom of thus washingat table obviously rose—in the absence of napkins andfinger-bowls—from the fact that the fingers were muchused in handling the food.^^ In comparison with their general cultural status, theFoods and ancient Scandinavians enjoyed a large vari-their Prep- ety of foods, dishes, and beverages—a factaration attributable to their inherent resourcefulness as well as to their commercial activities. The native 11 Keyser, Private Life, 112; Origines Islandicae, II, 612; Saga Library,II, 162, 217. 12 Visted, Vor Gamle Bondekultur, 52-54. 13 Montelius, Civilization of Sweden in Heathen Times, 157; Keyser,Private Life, 112, 115; Schonfeld, Der isldndische Bauernhof, Fig. 17. Skillet with Wmv Long Handle. (From Gustafsoirs Xorges Ohltid)
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