Oud en nieuw

A lively folk tale unfolds in the mist‑shrouded forests of North Skåne, where a daring robber‑woman and her five rag‑clad children roam in search of food. When they arrive at the secluded monastery of Oved, the porter offers them bread, but curiosity drives the matriarch deeper into the cloister’s hidden garden—a riot of blossoms that dazzles her eyes.

Inside the walled sanctuary, she meets a young garden‑boy tasked with weeding the abbey’s prized plantings. Their clash of wills turns the quiet garden into a stage for bold words and sudden bravery, as the robber‑woman asserts her defiant spirit against the boy’s warnings. The story captures the tension between the wild and the sacred, inviting listeners into a world where courage and cunning meet the hush of monastic life.