Pottaskefill aka Pot-Scraper arrives on the 16th and hangs around until the 29th.

Pot Scraper is expected on 16 December. He is also sometimes called Pot Licker since in the old days he waited to snatch away the pots that had not been washed and licked the food remains from the insides. 

Pot Scraper, the fifth one,
was a funny sort of chap.
When kids were given scrapings,
he’d come to the door and tap.

And they would rush to see
if there really was a guest.
Then he hurried to the pot
and had a scrapingfest.

Time for the fifth brother of thirteen, which means it’s time to terrify the children again! You’d think Pot-Scraper would be yet another kitchen raider, but back in the Icelandic day, giving the kids the pot to scrape clean was sort of the equivalent of licking the bowl.

His method is to knock on the door when the parents aren’t around, and when the kids run up to answer it he’ll slip in somewhere else and steal the children’s treat for himself.

Defense against Pot-Scraper:

• Don’t leave the kids alone at home
• Eat the yummy bits yourself
• Lock every other entrance to the home thoroughly
• Goddamnit kids I told you about strangers