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Meadow meadow. Farmer Magnús Kolbeinsson from Stóra-Ás is running his life race.
Magnús was born at Þorvaldsstaðir in Hvítársíð in 1921 and lived there until he was almost three years old when his parents moved to Stóri – Ás. He has lived there ever since. He worked on his parents’ farm after he was old enough, attended boarding school on various farms in Hálsasveit and also spent three winters at Flensborgarskóli in Hafnarfjörður. He lived in Stóri – Ás, with his wife, Þórunn Andrésdóttir from Kolslækur for 35 years, or from 1954 to 1989. They had four children, three sons and one daughter.
The title of the book “Engjafang” refers to the old custom associated with haymaking in earlier years and derives its name from the fact that when the last bales of hay had been tied to the hay bale train at the end of the haymaking, a haystack was left at the tee. This was supposed to represent a thank-you offering to the Almighty for the summer’s haymaking. The sections in the book were written after the end of the haymaking season and autumn had begun in the authors’ lifetimes. They were primarily intended for entertainment, but also to be “the catcher left in the tee” - a token of gratitude to fellow travelers on a long journey and to the land that nurtured them and holds their roots. The book discusses, among other things, the household and the layout of the houses on all the farms in Hálsasveit, when the author first remembers. A special section is about the siblings from Búrfell. In other respects, the book contains accounts of the working methods, people and social life in Stóri – Ás and various other farms in the upper reaches of Borgarfjörður. In addition, the book contains memoirs that Magnús’ father, Kolbeinn Guðmundsson and his mother, Helga Jónsdóttir, compiled “at the end of the harvest” and left behind after their deaths. At the end of the book is also a farmers’ census of Stóri – Ás, compiled by Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson from Húsafell.
Magnús was born at Þorvaldsstaðir in Hvítársíð in 1921 and lived there until he was almost three years old when his parents moved to Stóri – Ás. He has lived there ever since. He worked on his parents’ farm after he was old enough, attended boarding school on various farms in Hálsasveit and also spent three winters at Flensborgarskóli in Hafnarfjörður. He lived in Stóri – Ás, with his wife, Þórunn Andrésdóttir from Kolslækur for 35 years, or from 1954 to 1989. They had four children, three sons and one daughter.
The title of the book “Engjafang” refers to the old custom associated with haymaking in earlier years and derives its name from the fact that when the last bales of hay had been tied to the hay bale train at the end of the haymaking, a haystack was left at the tee. This was supposed to represent a thank-you offering to the Almighty for the summer’s haymaking. The sections in the book were written after the end of the haymaking season and autumn had begun in the authors’ lifetimes. They were primarily intended for entertainment, but also to be “the catcher left in the tee” - a token of gratitude to fellow travelers on a long journey and to the land that nurtured them and holds their roots. The book discusses, among other things, the household and the layout of the houses on all the farms in Hálsasveit, when the author first remembers. A special section is about the siblings from Búrfell. In other respects, the book contains accounts of the working methods, people and social life in Stóri – Ás and various other farms in the upper reaches of Borgarfjörður. In addition, the book contains memoirs that Magnús’ father, Kolbeinn Guðmundsson and his mother, Helga Jónsdóttir, compiled “at the end of the harvest” and left behind after their deaths. At the end of the book is also a farmers’ census of Stóri – Ás, compiled by Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson from Húsafell.