--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patricia" <originalpatricia@...>
wrote:

>
> Thanks LN that is precisely what I had in mind - except I rather

fancy that

> dwarves are as fond of a cheese and pickle sandwich as the "Tall folk"
> are - with a mug of ale of course.
> That link is a good one

Hmm, tall folk... that reminds me of a comment in the glossary to
Ralpg O'Connor's "Icelandic Histories and Romances". In the entry for
dwarves he says, "Ancient sources do not mention their diminutive
size: later folklore presumably shrank them as it did elves, goblins
and Irish fairy folk."