The Rower Who Took a Barrel of Ale, Ullensvang

Hordaland · Norway · Site of legend

Two men fought the current on Christmas Eve – until a stranger rowed them home for a single barrel of ale.

By Steinkrossen in Ullensvang, two men from Vikebygd struggled in vain against current and wind on their way home for Christmas. Then a stranger came rowing through rushing water, heedless of sea or stream, and promised to bring them home for a barrel of ale. They reached home in good time, and the rower got his ale. The legend says it was the devil himself who had rowed.

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The Rower Who Took a Barrel of Ale, Ullensvang is in Hordaland, Norway.

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