Tag: folklore
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Temperature below zero: Be sure to pack your swimsuits and sunglasses ’cause this summer is going to be a hot one!
Despite volcanic activity and shaky economic conditions, the people of Iceland are celebrating today. Today is the first day of summer in Iceland, a national holiday held each year on the first Thursday after the 18th of April. Icelandic settlers in the second half of the 9th century used the Old Norse calendar, which divided…