Editing Nisse (folklore) (section)

===Harvesting===
[[File:Tomtestealinghay.jpg|thumb|A ''nisse'' stealing hay from a farmer.{{right|―''Nisser med høy''. Watercolor by [[Gudmund Stenersen]] (1863–1934)}}<!--This title given w/o date, accord. no.wikipedia on the artist and auction house, https://bidtoart.com/art/gundmund-stenersen-nisser-med-hoy that misspelt first name-->]]

In one anecdote, two Swedish neighboring farmers owned similar plots of land, the same quality of meadow and woodland, but one living in a red-colored, tarred house with well-kept walls and sturdy [[turf roof]] grew richer by the year, while the other living in a moss-covered house, whose bare walls rotted, and the roof leaked, grew poorer each year. Many would give opinion that the successful man had a tomte in his house.<ref name="afzelius1">{{harvp|Afzelius|1844 |loc='''2''': 189–190}}; {{harvp|Thorpe|1851|loc='''II''': 91–92}}</ref>{{Refn|There is also anecdote localized at [[Brastad]] two farmers harvesting from the same field but the disparity in wealth develops due to one having a tomte.{{sfnp|Schön|1996|p=46}}}} The tomte may be seen heaving just a single straw or ear of corn with great effort, but a man who scoffed at the modest gain lost his tomte and his fortune foundered; a poor novice farmer valued each ear tomte brought, and prospered.<ref name="afzelius1"/><ref name="simpson1994-p174b-straw">Cf. {{harvp|Simpson|1994}} "The Tomte Carries One Straw ", p. 174</ref><ref>Cf. {{harvp|Lindow|1978}} "60. The Tomte Carries a Single Straw" ({{illm|Angerdshestra Parish|sv|Angerdshestra socken}}, Småland), p. 138</ref> A ''tusse'' in a Norwegian tale also reverses all the goods (both fodder and food) he had carried from elsewhere after being laughed at for huffing and heaving just a ear of barley.{{Refn|name="heavyload"|{{harvp|Christiansen|1964}}. "{{URL|1=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSOQci5O1KEC&pg=PA140|2=63. The Heavy Load}}", pp. 139–140; {{harvp|Kvideland|Sehmsdorf|1988}} "{{URL|1=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wTCSv2CGqUC&pg=PA239 |2=48.3 The Heavy Burden}}", pp. 240–241. Bad Lavrans who dwelled at Meås, Seljord who didn't appreciate that a ''tusse'' had been stealing fodder and food from Bakken, and all the goods went back. Bakken does not appear as an actual place names, at leas where it is called ''bakken'' (i. e. "the hill") named "Bøkkerdalen" and the name of the principal human figure is spelt "Lafrantz", and the ''tusse'' (''nisse'') was carrying a large sack of corn when he was derided.<ref name="flatin1940"/><!--This tale seems to bear similarity to the Bäckars vs. Smeds family feud<ref name="allardt1889"/> -->}}