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Ghost story · 1929

'Miina is not coming': the river at Kose-Uuemõisa

„Miina ei tulegi“: Kose-Uuemõisa jõgi

In the days of corvée labour, a tale recorded in 1929 says, haymakers working the meadows by the river at Uuemõisa in Kose parish saw a big-breasted woman washing herself in the water. Soon afterwards a girl called Miina wanted to go for a swim, but the others held her back. Then they heard a woman weeping in the river: 'The hour has come, but Miina is not coming.' A great splash followed that made the water heave so hard it nearly drowned the haymakers on the bank, and from that day Miina never spoke again.

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

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Teoorjuse ajal, räägib 1929. aastal kirja pandud lugu, tegid heinalised Kose kihelkonnas Uuemõisa jõe ääres heina ja nägid, kuidas üks suurte rindadega naisterahvas end jões pesi. Varsti tahtis üks tüdruk, Miina, jõkke ujuma minna, kuid teised ei lasknud. Siis kuuldi jõest nutvat naisehäält: „Tund on tulnud, aga Miinat ei tulegi.“ Järgnes nii tugev sulpsatus, et vesi lainetas ja oleks peaaegu kaldal olevad heinalised ära uputanud, ning sellest päevast jäi Miina tummaks.

Map of the area around 'Miina is not coming': the river at Kose-Uuemõisa
59.20600° N, 25.10530° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 10, 700/1 (6) (T. Viedemann < Jüri Seffer, Kose parish, 1929), Rehepapp database ↗

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