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Ironi"Hubert Nolte and Son, those huge blond men",Jan Owen,
single work poetry
German smiths in Australia are remembered for their ironwork and their skill as farriers and compared to the mythic Norse dwarf or elven smiths, the sons of Ivaldi and Sindre, under the rule of the god Mimir (Mimer), who made three wonderful gifts for the Aesir (the Norse gods.)