Legend
Ao: the brushwood men and the log men
Hao küla ja Puuküla mehed
Ao, a village and former manor near Rakke where F. R. Faehlmann was born, takes its name from 'hagu', brushwood. A tale recorded in 1962 turns the name into a moral fable about two halves of the village divided by the road. On the right side lived diligent folk who burned their brushwood in summer and saved the logs for winter; others mocked them as the brushwood men. On the left lived lazy folk who could not be bothered to gather brushwood and burned logs all summer, so they ran out of wood in winter. They became the Log Village men.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Rakke lähedal asuva Ao küla ja endise mõisa, kus sündis F. R. Faehlmann, nimi tuleb sõnast „hagu“. 1962. aastal kirja pandud lugu teeb nimest õpetliku jutu kahest külapoolest, mida eraldas tee. Paremal pool elasid hoolsad inimesed, kes põletasid suvel hagu ja hoidsid puud talveks – neid narriti haoküla meesteks. Vasakul elasid laisad, kes ei viitsinud hagu korjata ja põletasid suvel puid, nii et talvel said puud otsa. Neid hakati kutsuma Puuküla meesteks.
Source: After Eesti kohanimeraamat (EKI), tale recorded 1962 ↗