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Allikukivi park

Near the old Voltveti cloth mill outside Kilingi-Nõmme, the slope above the Kärsu spring is pitted with collapse funnels, the largest about 15 metres across, and in 1961 sand diggers broke into a 33-metre sandstone cave beneath them. Local legend explains the holes differently. A wedding was being held in a farmhouse here when a grey old beggar asked for shelter and was turned away; the house, barn and storehouse sank into the ground with all the guests, and the wedding vodka turned into the spring water. Another tale says the spring ran with vodka on New Year's night, until quarrelling mill workers spoiled it for good.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Kilingi-Nõmme lähedal vana Voltveti kalevivabriku juures on Kärsu allika kohal nõlv täis langatuslehtreid, millest suurim on umbes 15 meetrit lai, ning 1961. aastal tungisid liivakaevandajad nende all 33 meetri pikkusesse liivakivikoopasse. Muistend seletab auke teisiti. Siinses talus peeti pulmi, kui hall vana kerjus palus öömaja ja aeti minema; elumaja, laut ja ait vajusid koos kõigi pulmalistega maa alla ja pulmaviin muutus allikaveeks. Teise loo järgi voolas allikast vana-aasta õhtul viina, kuni tülitsevad vabrikutöölised selle igaveseks ära rikkusid.

Map of the area around Allikukivi park
58.15049° N, 25.02175° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://folklore.ee/rl/pubte/ee/araamat/2010/hiiemae.pdf ↗

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