Popular Tales from the Norse Author:Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe So he put the quern on the table, and bade it first of all grind lights, then a table-cloth, then meat, then ale, and so on till they had got everything that was nice for Christmas fare. He had only to speak the word, and the quern ground out what he wanted. The old dame stood by blessing her stars, and kept on asking where he had got this wonde... more »rful quern, but he wouldn't tell her.« less