. Danish life in town and country. —in fun, of course—threaten to cut the housewifes cabbages unlessshe stands them a treat there and then, a treatin which snaps may figure prominently, andpromises them a Host Glide, or harvest first sheaf has also its special mission; it isgiven up to the mice and rats, as their portion,and as a peace offering. This custom is indicatedin various verses, of which the following is anexample: Der, mus, har du dit,Lad mig bebolde mit. There, mouse, thou hast thiue,Let mc keep uiiue. The Host Glide is a very festive function, bring-ing with it plenty of
. Danish life in town and country. —in fun, of course—threaten to cut the housewifes cabbages unlessshe stands them a treat there and then, a treatin which snaps may figure prominently, andpromises them a Host Glide, or harvest first sheaf has also its special mission; it isgiven up to the mice and rats, as their portion,and as a peace offering. This custom is indicatedin various verses, of which the following is anexample: Der, mus, har du dit,Lad mig bebolde mit. There, mouse, thou hast thiue,Let mc keep uiiue. The Host Glide is a very festive function, bring-ing with it plenty of good food and drink, toastingand dancing, in which, on large farms, the squiresfamily and their guests often join. For toastingthey have a set formula, a verse which is sung withmuch solemn monotony, and with the metre ofwhich they often have considerable trouble inmaking the masters name, or that of his wife, fit,for they must, of course, be given their full is the toast: Og dette skal vare. . tel Are. Hurra!. St CO ^< ^ tr ?~2 ^ u I-z Country Life 197 Ag skam faa den some ikke . . skaal vil drikke . . And this shall be To the honour of . . And shame upon him who will not Drink . . health . . Although Lent is not much observed, someremnants of the festivities which precede it, andwhich in Roman Catholic countries are still so re-ligiously kept up, survive, and both the Sundayand, more especially, perhaps, the Monday, be-fore Lent are often given up to merriment. Insome places the young men, gaily dressed in whiteshirts with coloured ribbons and other finery, andwearing paper cocked hats, have ring riding, agame played on horseback, and a second or thirdcousin to tent-pegging, only here it is a ring sus-pended in the air which is the coveted best man, who must take the ring threetimes, is King, and the next Prince. Thegay cavalcade calls at neighbouring farms, whererefreshments are offered—ixbleskiver, a kind ofround fritter, very popular with th
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