The Priest and the Contract, Skållerud

Dalsland · Sweden · Site of legend

The fiend was forced to eat his own contract in little pieces.

In Skållerud the Evil One is said to have met the priest with charges of old sins, but the priest had an answer for each: he had blessed every grain and left money for food he took. When the fiend at last produced a contract, a signed deed, the priest took it in God's name, chopped it to bits, and made the crofter eat it.

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Where is The Priest and the Contract, Skållerud located?

The Priest and the Contract, Skållerud is in Dalsland, Sweden.

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