CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

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must quit, and the new ones may take possession:. All is hurry scurry. 0 the m iseries of a "F lyttedag1” which none but those who have experienced can realize. Yet it would seem a pastime o f the people, for the whole town appears changing quarters on these days — a valid objection, one would suppose, to lodging on flats. But there is a day more remarkable, perhaps, than the "Flyttedag.” The fourth Friday after Easter is " Store Bededag ” or Great Prayer Day, a day more respected (though that is not saying much) than Sunday; for, in addition to other observances, an extra Service is held in all the churches. On the E ve o f this day the Church-bells toll from 6 to 7 o’clock, and the whole town turn out to promenade the ramparts during that hour. But, mirabile dictu ! the people them selves do not know for a certainty w h y they so strictly observe this day. Some suppose it was appointed as a day o f general thanksgiving because that about this time one o f the great fires, which have so often devastated the city, c ea sed : Others, because the ravages of a plague, were stayed: while not a few assert that one of their k in g s, (perhaps Christian IV.), being in great peril during a terrible storm , vowed to dedicate something to God if he reached land again. The ship weathered thp gale, and the Monarch returned in safety to his faithful subjects; so the day was