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June 17
“So weareth summer: Uspak rideth to the Leet and halloweth it; and when harvest comes, he fares to the fells when men go after their wethers, and they were brought in well, for the searching was careful, and no sheep were missing, either of Odd’s or any other man’s.” — The Story of the Banded Men, ancient Islandic saga Summer is here, and few appreciate that fact more than the Icelanders. On June …Read more 
March 1 You may be aware of the United States’ 13-year experiment with prohibition back in the, well, Prohibition Era (1920-1933). But it is a testament to the stout-hardiness of the Icelandic people that they kept up their beer ban for over five times that long: a full 75 years. Iceland was beer-free between 1914 and 1989 — a time period that roughly mirrors the entire existence of the Soviet Union. The beer ban was finally repealed …Read more |
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