Peeps at many lands: Sweden

indoor and outdoor games with great spirit. They have many similar

ring round him with joined hands. The blind man points towards one in the ring. This one must rise and put his mouth to one end of the cane, while the blind man puts his to the othe

s down in the lap of someone who, if he guesses the name correctly, is blindfolded in turn. If not co

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a, eld" (Lend, lend fire). The other replies: "G? till n?sta grannen" (Go to the next neighbour). He goes on doing this time after time, and always getting the same reply. While he is doing this the company are exc

y are, as often happens in Dalecarlia, dressed in their bright native costume. While dancing they generally sing a description of each movement as they perform it. One dance has been handed down from time immemorial. It is named V?fva Vadmal (Weaving Homespun). No doubt it arose from the fact that the Swedish women used to weave the cloth for all the

). In this they tell in word and gesture how the farmer sows t

, so that he cannot see them. When he calls, "Enke-leken, enke-leken, sista paret ut" (The widower game, last pair out), this pair separate and run forward in a wide circle. The widower runs forward at the same time with a view to catching the girl, but as he is not allowed to look backward, he does no

ness, and the players gain a great deal of healt

of strength and skill with the sword and javelin, bow and arrow, in jumping and wrestling, and other favourite sports. They have handed down this trait to the present generation. N

as found in other countries, but it is in

s going to do? They have a pair of skates and a piece of canvas rolled upon poles. They are skate-sailors. They stretch the canvas on the poles, and putting the cross-bar over the shoulder, have a sail which enables them to go before the wind or tack as they wish, just as the sailor does at se

e they come at a rapid rate on a little sledge, which the owner guides with his foot used as a rudder behind. Sometimes, in the

Hear those shouts from the woods! Some young men and women have come from the town. They have gone up the slope in a zigzag manner, and along the crest of the hill. Now they are coming down, slowly at first, then faster and faster. See how gracefully they glide with feet placed closely together. They have ever to be on the lookout, f

o the traces, and as there is little weight on the horse, a speed of ten miles an hour can be kept up for long distances. Sometim

ed from their very early days to travel by this means. A Lapp, unde