Ep. 723 - The Nisse Who Was Given New Trousers - A Norwegian Folktale

On a farm somewhere, I think it was in Jarlsberg, they had a nisse who was very kind and helpful. But it could be that he grew angry, too, and then he was not good to share a stall with. Then he could think of putting newborn calves down in the barrel, pouring out the milk for the milkmaid, and numerous other pranks. Therefore, both the man and the milkmaid thought that it was best to give the nisse satisfaction in everything that was reasonable, and they probably didn’t regret it either. The milkmaid made sure to put the really good sour-cream porridge in the barn every holiday, and every Christmas Eve, she even put an extra pat of butter in it, so that the porridge was both fatty and good. And the man didn’t forget to put out new clothes for the nisse for the Christmas holiday, so he needn’t freeze in the cold of winter.