Mystery at Froda A Haunting Viking Winter Tale

in the winter, a little before Christmas, A Viking named Thorodd went out to Ness for the fish he had there ; there were six men in all in a ten-oared boat, and they
stayed out there all night. The same evening that
Thorodd went from home, it happened at Froda,
when folk went to sit by the fires that had been
made, that they saw a seal's head rise up out of the
fireplace. A maid-servant was the first who came
forward and saw this marvel