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Humorous Icelandic Tales 24
held for a long time the office of examiner in the
local schools, including the one at Keldudalur in
Dyrafjordur.
Gudmundur Sören Magnusson once told this
tale:
"Sigurdur was a handsome and dignified
individual. He used to chew tobacco. I remember
that one spring during an examination he sat at
the teacher’s desk, as usual. At the other end of
the classroom there was a coal furnace that had
been heated to a pitch. All of a sudden the
examiner stands up and spits a large lump of
chewed tobacco from one end of the room to the
other. It landed on the hottest part of the furnace
and lay there crackling and boiling until it
evaporated. Our awe and respect for the examiner
did not diminish after this feat, which had been
masterfully executed."
The Tobacco-chewing Examiner
http://www.netsaga.is/media/files/sso-awakening.mp3
Mr. Sigurdur Fr. Einarsson, teacher at Thingeyri,