Think the Yule Lads are just old tales and myths? Well think again! According to the diary of the Metropolitan Police officers were notified of a strange man who had engaged in illegal and disturbing Yule-Laddery early Saturday morning.
The Yule Lads are a disturbing lot
Early Saturday morning the Metropolitan Police got a call from a homeowner in a Reykjavík suburb. Shortly after three in the morning the homeowner had woken up to a ruckus in his kitchen. Upon inspection the homeowner discovered a strange man sitting at the kitchen table, eating the nights leftovers.
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Police has not released any further information on the incidence or the intruder, but to us at Iceland Insider this looks like a X-File if there ever was one: The Yule Lad who comes to town on December 16 is none other than Pottaskefill or Pot-Licker. Like several of his brothers Pottaskefill breaks into people's homes to steal leftovers or unattended foods.
The 1932 Yule Lad poem by Jóhannes úr Kötlum describes Pottaskefill in the following manner:
Pot Scraper, the fifth one,
was a funny sort of chap.
When kids were given scrapings,
he'd come to the door and tap.
And they would rush to see
if there really was a guest.
Then he hurried to the pot
and had a scraping fest.
Think the Yule Lads are just old tales and myths? Well think again! According to the diary of the Metropolitan Police officers were notified of a strange man who had engaged in illegal and disturbing Yule-Laddery early Saturday morning.
The Yule Lads are a disturbing lot
Early Saturday morning the Metropolitan Police got a call from a homeowner in a Reykjavík suburb. Shortly after three in the morning the homeowner had woken up to a ruckus in his kitchen. Upon inspection the homeowner discovered a strange man sitting at the kitchen table, eating the nights leftovers.
Read more: Instead of a friendly Santa Iceland has 13 mischievous Yule lads and an evil Christmas Cat
Police has not released any further information on the incidence or the intruder, but to us at Iceland Insider this looks like a X-File if there ever was one: The Yule Lad who comes to town on December 16 is none other than Pottaskefill or Pot-Licker. Like several of his brothers Pottaskefill breaks into people's homes to steal leftovers or unattended foods.
The 1932 Yule Lad poem by Jóhannes úr Kötlum describes Pottaskefill in the following manner:
Pot Scraper, the fifth one,
was a funny sort of chap.
When kids were given scrapings,
he'd come to the door and tap.
And they would rush to see
if there really was a guest.
Then he hurried to the pot
and had a scraping fest.
