Legend
Nabala, the backwoods parish of Jüri
Nabala ja naabrite pilge
Nabala, today known for its karst landscape and the long fight to stop limestone quarrying there, was in folk memory the backwoods corner of Jüri parish. Tales recorded in 1938 and 1957 describe how the neighbours of Kurna and Rae mocked it: Kurna had fine horses, gleaming boots and women in long-ribboned caps, while Nabala folk wore home-spun clothes, came to church in wooden-axled carts and hid at the back of the church. A local saying, said to be sung in the area, held that only a fool marries a Nabala girl. Folklorists see such teasing as a way villages built their own identity.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Nabala, mis on täna tuntud karstimaastiku ja pika paekaevandamise vastase võitluse poolest, oli rahvamälus Jüri kihelkonna metsatagune nurk. 1938. ja 1957. aastal kirja pandud jutud kirjeldavad, kuidas naabrid Kurnalt ja Raelt neid pilkasid: Kurnal olid head hobused, läikivad saapad ja naistel pika lehviga mütsid, Nabala rahval aga kodukootud riided, puuassidega vankrid ja kirikus pugesid nad tagumisse nurka. Kohalik ütlus pidas narriks seda, kes Nabalast naise võtab. Folkloristide meelest kujundasid külad sellise pilke kaudu ka oma identiteeti.