The maid who dillied and dallied (Seven Brothers)Juhani: Oh happy beast! The sauna sings it's pure notes. So let the first aim of my mastership be a hot sauna.
Aapo: A hot one's needed, it's true.
Juhani: Ay, no gainsaying that. A farm without a sauna is no good either from the standpoint of baths, or the babies, a wife, or the farm-hands' pretty women might have. Ay, a steaming sauna, a barking hound, a crowing cock and a mewing kitty, these are the signs of a good farm. Ay, there's plenty to do for the one who takes over our home. A little more steam, Timo.
Timo: It shall be given thee.
Simeoni: Don't let us forget that it is Sunday night.
Juhani: And let us take care our skins aren't soon hanging from the rafters, like the former maid servant's.
Simeoni: That was the maid who never had time to take her bath with the others, but dillied and dallied in the sauna long after all the others had gone to table. Then one Sunday night she stayed longer than usual. And what did they find when they went to look for her? Only a skin hanging from the rafters. But it was a master-hand had done the flaying, for the hair, eyes, ears and even the nails had been left in the skin.
Juhani: Let this be a warning...He-he, how skittishly this back of mine takes its steam!Aleksis Kivi -Seven Brothers
(Seitsemän veljestä on Aleksis Kiven kirjoittama romaani, ja sitä pidetään yhtenä suomalaisen kirjallisuuden suurimmista merkkiteoksista. )
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Attending: Samir, Mirri, Kali, Mac nan Alba, Baggage...
Apologies: Suzanna ( back next week)
Amuse-gueule: Kat
Mains: Tarte aux oignons a l'Alsacienne - Baggage.
Nibbles et Fromage etc... Mac
Side dishes: Soup de Jour (Samir)
Pudding: Mac
Refined refreshments & libations: Kali
Rule #1: No playing banjo in the saunaTags: Sauna Recipes Food Suomi Wicca pagan
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