fter the Black Death, Setesdal lay practically deserted, but gradually people
started moving in from the outside and settling up and down the valley. But
one old married couple, Tore and Knut, who lived up in Findalen, did not have
the heart to leave their homestead. They stayed there quite alone for many
years. The only thing they missed was not being able to tell what day of the
year it was. Especially in the dark of winter did they grieve over not
knowing when it was Christmas, so they could celebrate it at tthe same time as
everyone else.They had heard that people had started moving back to the valley, and one year, when they days were at their shortst, they decided that the wife, Tore, was to go over to Setesdal and find out when it was Christmas. Tore set out and on the way she sat down to rest under the wall of a mountain. They she clearly heard the sound of singing from inside the mountain:
"Hurry, hurry Tore,
Bake your Christmas bread!
Nights but one, and days but two,
That's when Christmas Eve is due!"
