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mentioned battlétook place, the town 
of Wolmer was‘erected. 
eqedio Holger the Dane. 
h«Evety onewho: has read the chronicle 
of Holger the:Dane; knows that he was 
giventas a hostage® by his father, King 
Goetterick; to theEmperorCharlemagne, 
whom he ‘served in the war against: the 
Saracens. |) -He ‘afterwards: accompanied 
the Emperor to the land:of India, where 
hesater of :acfruit which madé his, body 
imperishable ; so that although he died 
in France, he has since then appeared 
at different ‘times: It is reported that 
whenever the Danish armies march 
against: their foes, he is seem striding 
before them*with his mighty shield, in 
order«to: lead them to victory and 
renown. 
The Dragons in Syngbye Church-yard. 
In former days two Dragons had their 
nest in’ Syngbye Church-yard. It once 
happened, during service time, that they 
had**a furious) battle with .each other 
before the church door, and made such 
a noise, that a soldier rushed out witha 
drawnsword: to drive them away, but 
the Dragons’ spitting their poison upon 
him, ~he ‘almost: immediately expired. 
The people who were in the church at 
the time, dared not-go- out of the door, 
because the largest of the Dragons had 
laid itself down before it; they therefore 
broke through the wall onthe north side, 
where the church-door is at present. 
One of the Dragons shortly afterwards 
died of the wounds it had received from 
its companion, but the other still in- 
fested the church-yard, to the great 
annoyance of all those who went near 
it; and itis said that once, when a 
christening took place in the church, 
the Dragon went in and devoured the 
child. The people in the neighbourhood 
a. bred up a bull-calf, and fed 
it with milk and wheaten bread, and 
when it was'become so big and strong 
that they thought it would be a match 
for the ‘Dragon,’ they led it into the ’ 
church-yard: » The combat instantly be- 
gan, and ended by the reptile being 
slain ; but the bull was so injured by 
its venom that he did not long survive. 
In Syngbyechurch-yard is a stone, on 
which a savage bull'is engraven : it is 
said that the animal lies buried beneath 
this‘stone. In the church, likewise, are 
many pictures and images which repre- 
sent this ‘story. 
“The Wierd Wanderer of Jutland. 
‘A very long time ago, aman was seen 
in’ Jutland, who wore tattered clothes, 
rodé upon a little ‘horse, and whose 
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stitrups were formed of wood, after a 
clumsy fashion.» When he was asked 
whence jhe | came, and where he was 
going, he generally replied “from 
Vendsyssel, over to Hymmersyssel, or 
about there.” He made several pro- 
phecies;and said, concerning a rock at 
Mae, -“ thorns shall grow through the 
clefts of that rock, and among those 
thorns a magpie shall build her nest, 
bring up her young, and then fly away;”” 
all which came to pass as he had. said. 
He further prophecied, that when the 
magpie was flown away, there would 
come to Vendsyssel a hostile army, and 
that most part of the district would be 
laid waste; that the women would be 
animated with men’s courage, and wonld 
fight the foes; but when he was asked. 
what would then happen, he. replied 
* the end will follow.” 
At Aalborg he prophecied something 
to the town-bailiff, which the latter did 
not approve of, and so caused himito be 
whipped. | Then the man_prophecied 
again, saying, “ that as surely as his 
blood had. flowed down his. back,so 
surely should the bailiff’s blood run down 
the kennel of Aalborg,” And. it-hap- 
pened as he had foretold; for once; 
when there was a riot in the: place, the 
people killed the bailiff in the street. 
Concerning the: brook of Haseriis, 
which at that time did not run through 
Aalborg, he prophecied that the time 
would come when it should run through 
the midst: of the town; which likewise 
came to pass. He went once to Vol- 
strup, in the district of Slonum, and 
having, according to custom, passed the 
night in a barn, and tied his horse out 
before it, he rode the next morning to 
the Sessions Hall, and the judge asking 
him ; “ how shall it go with me ?”’ he re- 
ceived for answer, “ thou shalt die in 
a barn.”’ And it did not turn)our better, 
for the judge was reduced to poverty, 
and had no other shelter in his~ last 
moments, Once, when several boys 
mocked this same prophet, and one of 
them flung a barrel stave at him, he 
shook his head, and told the boy that a 
stave should cost him his life. Some 
time after this very boy fell down from 
an apple tree upon a paling of barrel 
staves, where he perished. . This strange 
just man would only take sufficient alms 
to support him for the day, and thus he 
wandered from place to place. 
Swend Felling. 
Swend Felling was a renowned hero 
born in Hadsherred. We served fora 
long time at the castle of Aakier. As 
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