da han Adam gjætt i Skarrali’n

Etymology
lit. 'when Adam was a shepherd on the hillside by Skarå Creek'. Gjætt is apocope of. Skarålia is a farm south-east of Løkken Verk in Norway, here used with dialectal case ending.

Phrase

 * 1)  long time ago, "when Adam was an oakum boy"