Elf in Denmark

The elfs in Denmark is not green. They are red. I comes from an Old belief that farms had elfs who helped the farmer kepping the animals safe and healthe. In return, the Human gave the elf some porrige with cinnamonsucker and butter. But if you forgot or pranked the elf by, as an exampel hided the butter in the bottom. The elf would get angry and punnish you. Sometimes by burning youre House Down or kill youre best cow. We still keeps a lot Of ornaments portrating the elfs, up at christmas time.

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