Tales of the Trolls   A peasant from Jursagard in the parish of
Hanger had gone to the forest the day before Christmas, and
started out for home late in the evening. He had just about
reached the Klintaberg when he heard some one call out: "Tell
the malt-swine to come home, for her child has fallen into the
fire!" When the peasant reached home, there stood his wife, who
had been brewing the Yuletide ale, and she was complaining that
though she brewed and brewed, it did not have the right flavor.
Then he told her what had been shouted at him from the hill, and
that very moment a troll-witch, whom they had not noticed
before, darted down from the stove and made off in a great
hurry. And when they looked closer, they found that she had left
behind a great kettle full of the best malt, which she had
gathered during the brewing. And that was the reason the poor
woman had not been able to give her brew the right flavor. The
kettle was large, made of ornamented metal, and was long
preserved in Hanger. It was at leng