The Dance at Hruni
Þjóðsölgur, Folk Tales, Jóns Árnasonar.

A long time ago there was a priest at the church of Hruni who was very fond of dancing and merriment. When the congregation had arrived for services on Yule Eve, this priest had the habit of holding a dance far into the night, which was accompanied by drinking, card games and other unsuitable merriment. The priest had an old mother whose name was Una. Una did not like these activities and asked her son to cease, but he kept on doing this for many years.

One Yule Eve the priest kept at the merriment longer than usual. His mother then went to the church and asked him to stop the merriment and start the services, but the priest told his mother there was time enough for that, and said, "One more round, mother."

His mother returned to the house. Three times she went to the church to ask her son to stop, but he always replied with the same words.

When she walked out of the church for the third time she heard a voice speaking in rhyme...

When Una came out of the church she saw a man outside. She did not know him and did not like his looks. She was certain it was he who had spoken the verse. Surely this was the devil himself. She saddled her son's horse and rode swiftly to the nearest priest and asked him to accompany her, to try to solve this problem and save her son from the danger that he was facing. The priest accompanied her at once, but when they came to Hruni the church and the churchyard had sunken into the ground with all the people. They heard whining and yelping deep in the ground.

It is related that the church was moved after this, and there has never deen dancing in the church at Hruni on Yule Eve since that time.