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The Interior of the Lokrestue With Its Finely Modelled Fire-Place of the Shape Still 
Used in Modern Norwegian Homes 
first partitioned off from the rest of the house and made into a second 
story running like a gallery on one side of the house and accessible by a 
stairway from the outside. There stood the bed of the daughter of the 
house with its fine woven coverlets and the gilded dove, symbol of inno¬ 
cence, suspended above it; but I imagine that on cold nights the girl 
herself preferred to sleep with the family. On Saturdays, however, 
she was at home to her callers. Then the young gallants of the 
neighborhood went from house to house, often staying only a few 
minutes, for it was a matter of courtesy to pay their respects to as 
many as possible. I believe it is Troels-Lund who tells us that the 
custom of Saturday night courting was once prevalent in northern 
Europe and was not the “bundling” in New England a reminiscence 
of it? but that Norway was the only country where it persisted in 
the memory of people now living. It was, to begin with, a perfectly 
innocent custom, and in fact was the only way in which the young 
