translated by: Melvin & Lila Pedersen
Litt på norsk…

Påsken kommer den 4. april i år.
(Easter comes on April 4 this year.)

Påske er en av Norges største høytider, like så stor som jul.
(Easter is one of Norway's biggest holidays, just as big as Christmas.)

Nordmenn ferier det hele uka med fester, familie og fjelltur.
(Norwegians celebrate the whole week with parties, families and trips to the mountains.)

Det finnes mye folketro i sammenheng med påske.
(There is much superstition or folklore associated with Easter.)

For eksempel, om det er frost natt til påskeaften og påfølgende søndagsnatt,
(For example, if there is frost the night of Easter eve and the following Sunday night,)

ville det bli frost i lang tid fremover.
(there will be frost for a long time thereafter.)

Om det regnet påskeaften, ville det bli en dårlig sommer.
(If it rains on Easter eve, there will be a summer of bad weather.)

Andre tradisjoner forteller at det er en god idé å sette en sopelime ute på trappen skjærtorsdag.
(Other traditions tell that it is a good idea to set a broom out on the steps on Maundy Thursday*.)

Dette gjorde folk fordi de trodde heksene fløy til Blokksberg denne kvelden.
(The folks did this because they believed the witches fly to Blokksberg* on that evening.)

Og satt de ikke ut en sopelime,
(And if they did not set out a broom,)

trodde man at heksa ville ta en hest, ku eller geit i stedet.
(they believed that the witch would take a horse, a cow, or a goat in stead.)

*Maundy Thursday --
-- In the Christian calendar,
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is the feast or holy day which falls each year on the Thursday before Easter, and commemorates the day on which the Last Supper of Jesus Christ and the Apostles is said to have occurred. --(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Thursday)--

*Blokksberg -- a mountain in Germany where witches are believed to assemble.