Yule Lad no. 12 of 13

Icelandic Yule Lad - Meat Hook

Name: Icelandic Yule Lad - Meat Hook
Brand: Penninn
SKU: YULE000021
Price: 37.90 USD
Availability: InStock

Ketkrókur (Meat Hook) · hand-painted figure designed by Brian Pilkington · about 12.4 cm (4.9 in)

$37.90

For the cook, or whoever carves at Christmas. Ketkrókur comes on St Thorlak's Day, when the smoked lamb used to go into the pot, and this figure shows the job done: the joint is in his arms and the hook lies at his feet.

What Brian Pilkington gave him

Standing upright and broad, hugging a joint of meat to his chest with both hands, the cut end and bone showing
His long hook lies on the wood-plank base at his feet
Dark blue waistcoat with two rows of gold buttons, brown breeches and a red cap
KETKRÓKUR in gold capitals on the red base; about 12.4 cm (4.9 in) tall

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Comes on St Thorlak's Day, 23 December
Made stout on purpose by Brian Pilkington
Hand-painted, boxed with an English booklet

Description

Ketkrókur, Meat Hook, is the twelfth of Iceland's thirteen Yule Lads. He comes on 23 December, St Thorlak's Day, when the smoked lamb for Christmas used to be cooked. In the folklore he fished for a leg of it down the chimney with a long stick.

Brian Pilkington's hand-painted figure shows him afterwards: standing stout and upright with the joint hugged to his chest and his hook lying at his feet, in a dark blue waistcoat with gold buttons. About 12.4 cm (4.9 in) tall, in a window box with a small English booklet about the Yule Lads.

A display figure, not a toy. Also in the set of all 16 figures.

Product facts

Character: Ketkrókur (Meat Hook), the twelfth of the thirteen Icelandic Yule Lads. Also spelled Kjötkrókur
Comes to town: 23 December
Height: about 12.4 cm (4.9 in)
Design: Brian Pilkington
Brand: Sólarfilma
Finish: painted by hand; shades can differ a little from the photos
In the box: the figure in a clear window box, with a small booklet in English about the 13 Yule Lads, Grýla, Leppalúði and the Yule Cat
Good to know: a display figure, not a toy
EAN: 5690666388120

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Icelandic Yule Lad - Meat Hook

$37.90

Why you'll love it

A hook down the chimneyThe National Museum of Iceland says that in the old days he fished through the chimney with a long stick for a leg of smoked lamb hanging under the roof, or for a piece out of the cooking pot. The publisher's note has him climb onto a roof where smoke is rising to do it.
Built like a man who eats wellBrian Pilkington has explained that he judged each Lad's looks by his habit. His own example was this one: a Lad who eats that much meat is probably stout and solid on his feet.
The last Lad but oneTwelve of the thirteen brothers are in town once he arrives. Only Candle Beggar follows, on Christmas Eve. If you set the figures out one a day, Ketkrókur is the sign that it is nearly Christmas.
Five stars from his first reviewerThirty-one of him were bought from us in the past twelve months.
His brothers explainedThe booklet in his box introduces all thirteen Lads in English, with Grýla, Leppalúði and the Yule Cat, so the eleven who come before him and the one who follows are covered too.

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Meat Hook with the other fifteen
He is the twelfth of thirteen brothers. The set of 16 has all of them, their parents Grýla and Leppalúði and the Yule Cat, for less than the figures cost one by one.
Icelandic Yule Lad - Meat Hook Yule Lads Figures - Set of all 16

$571.90 for both

Family-owned since 2013Run by two brothers in Iceland

2,600+ verified reviewsRated 4.9 out of 5

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Questions people ask before they buy

Ketkrókur or Kjötkrókur? Meathook or Meat Hook?

All the same Lad. The figure's base, the publisher and the National Museum of Iceland spell him Ketkrókur. You will also meet Kjötkrókur, the spelling used in a 2004 interview with Brian Pilkington. In English the museum writes Meat Hook.

What is St Thorlak's Day?

23 December, Þorláksmessa in Icelandic. The National Museum of Iceland notes that smoked lamb, traditional Icelandic Christmas fare, used to be cooked on that day. It is the day Ketkrókur comes.

How tall is he?

About 12.4 cm (4.9 in), by the publisher's measurement. He stands straight rather than crouching, on a round base of his own.

Is this a toy for children?

No. He is a painted display figure. Let children hold the booklet and hear how he got the meat; keep Ketkrókur himself on the shelf.

Does one figure ship free?

No. Free shipping starts at $149 to the US, Canada and Europe, and one figure is well under that, so postage is added at checkout and is a real part of the cost. Several figures ordered together travel in one parcel.

Will I be charged duties on Meat Hook?

Not if he is going to the US or Canada: duties and taxes are settled at checkout. Elsewhere, the carrier may collect local import charges on delivery.