Hreinlæti

The first post in our avalanche series will be a hygiene one. Because it is useful for everyone. There are a lot of tips out there, so we chose only the most... relevant ones? interesting?

1. Wash once a week, at least. If possible - two; but it’s no longer worth it: excessive heat relaxes the body. Otherwise, if you need to, you can swim in a cool river or lake.

In principle, it’s hard to argue, right? The only thing that may confuse a modern reader is “no more than twice a week,” but the point here is that they washed in baths on the Lavinava Peninsula. And going to the bathhouse every day... not the most useful activity, to put it mildly.

2. After washing, change into clean clothes. Always have at least two shirts; and if you are poor and cannot afford even that, make sure that your wife washes it in advance. Dirty clothes harbor lice and bedbugs.

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3. If you want to have a lush and thick beard, rub burdock oil into it (kroklappa). Take only a small amount so that your hair does not become heavy and begin to fall out.

Again, no comment: burdock oil is still used to strengthen hair today. Its effectiveness is somewhat controversial, but that is a completely different question.

4. My advice to you: if you have long hair, buy a bone hairpin (beinharnal). Use it to style your hair so that it doesn’t fray or come out, and the girls will immediately like you.

Finally:

5. Don't drink a lot of beer. If you are a husband, then you will become forgetful, flabby, sick and absent-minded; If you’re a wife, you’ll turn ugly and spoil your milk. It is known that some of you, having fallen asleep with a hangover, have slept your children this way.

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