[The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang]@TWC D-Link bookThe Book of Dreams and Ghosts CHAPTER XIII 13/24
After this they sat down at table, and blessed their food, while the farmer had holy water sprinkled over all the house.
The guests ate their food, and it harmed no man, although Thorgunna had prepared it.
They slept there that night, and were treated with great hospitality. In the morning they continued their journey, and things went very smoothly with them; wherever this affair was heard of, most people thought it best to do them all the service that they required, and of their journey no more is to be told.
When they came to Skalholt, they handed over the precious things which Thorgunna had sent thither: the ring and other articles, all of which the priests gladly received. Thorgunna was buried there, while the funeral party returned home, which they all reached in safety. At Froda there was a large hall with a fireplace in the midde, and a bed-closet at the inner end of it, as was then the custom.
At the outer end were two store-closets, one on each side; dried fish were piled in one of these, and there was meal in the other.
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