tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422935148755187067.post7219658420577724192..comments2024-03-21T12:27:14.795+00:00Comments on Norse and Viking Ramblings: Icelandic Cats EtceteraViqueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05144146397028019725noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422935148755187067.post-12112578261636517722012-10-11T19:43:51.793+01:002012-10-11T19:43:51.793+01:00It certainly would be amazing to see the Northern ...It certainly would be amazing to see the Northern Lights in the land where the myths hail from!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422935148755187067.post-76659135037323822302012-10-11T19:42:48.741+01:002012-10-11T19:42:48.741+01:00The lights would be quite wonderful to see in the ...The lights would be quite wonderful to see in the land where the myths hail from!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422935148755187067.post-69770453948789344792012-10-03T10:28:16.204+01:002012-10-03T10:28:16.204+01:00Really must get back to work, but I knew there was...Really must get back to work, but I knew there was a better picture somewhere, and <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/patmueller/3145917764/" rel="nofollow">here</a> it is.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422935148755187067.post-6172337351450318752012-10-03T09:50:37.674+01:002012-10-03T09:50:37.674+01:00It's certainly a fjalaköttur. Every Icelandic ...It's certainly a fjalaköttur. Every Icelandic home needs one -- except in Reykjavík where no well-heeled city-slicker mouse would dream of venturing into anything so gammaldags and quaint.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422935148755187067.post-65803989692395406762012-10-02T12:28:09.343+01:002012-10-02T12:28:09.343+01:00Cool, thanks for this! and what did Þórður call it...Cool, thanks for this! and what did Þórður call it?Viqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144146397028019725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422935148755187067.post-38265135814977561822012-10-02T09:53:48.875+01:002012-10-02T09:53:48.875+01:00Once upon a time I used to be a regular visitor to...Once upon a time I used to be a regular visitor to Þórður Tómasson’s lovely Icelandic folk museum at Skógar, bringing in parties of footsore walkers after crossing Fimmvörðuháls, the pass on the eastern flanks of Eyjafjallajökull – a more <a href="http://1x.com/photo/33915/portfolio/46394" rel="nofollow"> exciting</a> trip in recent years than it used to be then. <br /><br />The thing people always used to love at Þorður’s place, apart from Þórður himself of course, was his genuine pre-industrial Icelandic mousetrap. It consists of two planks, a trip-wire, and a large iron weight. Judging by the size of the weight it would have been a slimming experience for any poor Icelandic mouse who ventured in… There’s a picture <a href="http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=10169644" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br />jpgnoreply@blogger.com