Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 98
th him,nor did the Jute or the Angle, for the four-poiterwas unknown to these Teutonic peoples. It came tous with the hardy Norseman. Let us see what was the construction of a Scandi-navian house. The house consisted of one great hallthat served most purposes (skali). In it men andwomen ate and… … g|j STRANGE SUJilIVALS, with that \vc need not concern ourselves. The hallconsisted of a nave and side aisles. The walls of theaisles were of stone, banked up with turf, but the roofwas of timber throughout. Down the centre of thehall ran a trough, paved with stone, in which firesburnt, and…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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