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King Magnus's walking clogs at Põltsamaa castle

King Magnus's walking clogs at Põltsamaa castle
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One night the people of Põltsamaa castle heard a great banging on the top floor. They thought of thieves, but found nobody there, only a pair of old wooden clogs walking across the room as if someone wore them. The clogs had belonged to King Magnus of the Livonian War and were kept on the castle's fourth floor. On the third night the servants opened the next room and saw a beautiful woman crossing it in the king's clogs, a wax candle in her hand, hair down to the floor. She went through a door and vanished. The haunting ended only when the clogs were moved elsewhere. A castle servant told this in 1895.

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

Eesti keeles

Ühel ööl kuulsid Põltsamaa lossi elanikud ülemiselt korruselt kanget kolinat ja mürinat. Arvati, et vargad, kuid kedagi polnud näha, ainult paar vanu puukingi sammus üle toa, nagu oleksid need kellegi jalas. Kingad olid kuulunud Liivi sõja aegsele kuningas Magnusele ja neid hoiti lossi neljandal korrusel. Kolmandal ööl avasid teenrid kõrvaltoa ukse ja nägid imeilusat naist kuninga puukingades, vahaküünal peos ja juuksed maani, üle toa minemas. Ta läks järgmisse tuppa ja kadus. Kolin jäi vait alles siis, kui kingad teise kohta tõsteti. Seda rääkis 1895. aastal üks Põltsamaa lossi teener.

Map of the area around King Magnus's walking clogs at Põltsamaa castle
58.65487° N, 25.96758° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Kodused jutud' (no. 147; M. Luu < a servant of Põltsamaa castle, 1895) ↗

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