Stamp of the day: an Icelandic "jolasveinar"
Read more here. Their names are, according to this site
December 12th Stekkjarstaur - Gimpy
December 13th Giljagaur - Gully Imp
December 14th Stúfur - Itty Bitty
December 15th Þvörusleikir - Pot Scraper Licker
December 16th Pottasleikir - Pot Licker
December 17th Askasleikir - Bowl Licker
December 18th Hurðaskellir - Door Slammer
December 19th Skyrgámur - Skyr Gobbler (Skyr, an Icelandic yoghurt-type)
December 20th Bjúgnakrækir - Sausage Snatcher
December 21st Gluggagægir - Window Peeper
December 22nd Gáttaþefur - Doorway Sniffer
December 23rd Ketkrókur - Meat Hooker
December 24th Kertasníkir - Candle Beggar
3 comments:
Wow, Icelandic kids get one present a day for 13 days! Poor parents. :)
EH, what does it say on the stamp?
It´s about the third jolasvein who comes the til today. I hope you you have your pans counted!
I found the whole poem in this site http://dinothesaurus.vox.com/
The whole poem goes
Stúfur hét sá þriðji,
stubburinn sá.
Hann krækti sér í pönnu,
þegar kostur var á.
Hann hljóp með hana í burtu
og hirti agnirnar,
sem brunnu stundum fastar
við barminn hér og þar.
And the translation
The third was called Stúfur,
that short, stubby one.
He stole pans,
whenever he got the chance.
He ran away with it
and scraped off crumbs,
that burned and stuck fast
to the edges here and there.
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