Erratic boulder
Kuhikivi, the haystack turned to stone
Kuhikivi Kestla-Oidus
In Kestla-Oidu, south-east of Aseri, lies the Kuhikivi, the Haystack Stone. Its legend, recorded in 1961, belongs to the old belief that work was forbidden on certain holy days, especially the Hay Mary's Day of 2 July, when people of the region once made pilgrimages to the ruined St Mary's chapel at Viru-Nigula. Some people ignored the ban and made hay on that day anyway. As punishment, the haystack they had just piled up turned into stone, and that, the story goes, is the stone that bears the name today.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Aserist kagus Kestla-Oidus asub Kuhikivi. Selle 1961. aastal kirja pandud muistend on seotud vana uskumusega, et teatud pühadel oli töö keelatud, eriti heinamaarjapäeval 2. juulil, mil ümbruskonna rahvas käis kunagi palverännakul Viru-Nigula Maarja kabeli varemetes. Mõned ei hoolinud keelust ja tegid sel päeval ikkagi heina. Karistuseks moondus äsja kokku pandud heinakuhi kiviks, ja see ongi lugu järgi kivi, mis nime tänini kannab.
Source: After Mare Kalda, 'Virumaa kohajutud', Mäetagused 66 (2017) ↗