The Sign of the Triple Distelfink

[Sigvald Grøsfjeld jr.]

Olaf Solstrand <olaf at andebyonline.com> wrote:

> Allow me to translate from Norwegian, for those
> who still can't find their copy:
>
> Grandma telling: &quot;Grandpa had rented a
> travelling painter and were watching him as
> he finished the new barn..."Grandpa: "What is
> the strange pattern you're painting? I have
> seen it on other barns, but..."
> Painter: "It is my gift to the child your wife
> is waiting..."

Actaully the word "child" here can be seen as another indication off a
mammal birth. Because humans give mammal-birth to "children", while birds
have "chickens" hatching themselves out of their eggs...

Sigvald :-)