The first Finnish people came to the woods of Solør around 1624, without knowing if they where in Sweden or Norway. The young men in the family where sent out to find a suitable place to settle. When they found a nice place, they climbed to the top of the nearest tree and knit up a brace with the families pattern on. Now they went home to their families, and on their way they made some lyrics helping them to remember the way.

When they had cleared a appropriate space in the forest, it had to dry for 1-2 summers. Before midsummer, the farmer took a special drum, made of calfskin. He strew on some fine flour, and he put the drum up against his face. Then he sang a special song, and the vibrations from his voice made the flour move, and it made a pattern on the calfskin. When the flour made a triangle he knew it was going to rain. Then he light a fire around the open space so that the direction turned inwards , and it was important that the rain came after the burning. After the burning they rolled themselves naked in the ashes to feel if it was cold enough to start seeding. This dance was a  ritual dance with almost sexual undertones. The farmer walked tree times around the seeding place to make sure that there where no forest fire.

The seeds where blown out of the mouth. Maybe the salvia started the germination? The rain came, and the heat from the ashes together with the rain started the germination after only 2 days.

Rye grows in tussocks, and every grain makes a tuft of grass. Next spring when the “Sampo” (primitive force) wakes up, the grass becomes straws with many links. In September the straws can reach the height of almost 2,5 m. When we did this in 1996 we harvested almost 10 000 grains from 1 tuft of grass, but we have heard about people that have harvested 27 000.

So, where did the Finnish people get this knowledge? And where do the Finnish people come from. The wild rye, sereale segale, can be found in Afganistan and Aserbajdjan. It is resemblance between the Finnish language and Sanskrit. Some of the knowledge about this special kind of farming is also known in Egypt. Maybe the Finnish people descend  from the mountains in Persia, with relations to Egypt?