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Ghost story · 1947

Old Toomas who came home to eat, Pamma

Pamma vana Toomas, kes käis kodus söömas

Viia Prenner, born in 1893, remembered from a childhood visit to Pamma the funeral of a man who had hanged himself. As the singing procession crossed Maduste hill, the dog that walked with them suddenly seized the end of the coffin, and people whispered that the Devil was riding on it. The man was buried outside the churchyard wall, and soon old Toomas began coming home at night, rattling about and eating. A young woman fell ill from fright. The pastor reopened the grave and read the burial words in vain; only when an Orthodox priest read his rite did Toomas turn face down and stay away.

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

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1893. aastal sündinud Viia Prenner mäletas lapsepõlvest Pammas käigult ühe end üles poonud mehe matust. Kui suure lauluga matuserong üle Maduste mäe läks, haaras kaasas olnud koer korraga kirstu otsast kinni ja inimesed sosistasid, et vanakurat istub kirstul. Mees maeti surnuaia taha ning varsti hakkas vana Toomas öösiti kodus käima, kolistama ja sööma. Üks noor naine, kes nägi teda söömas, jäi ehmatusest haigeks. Luteri õpetaja tegi haua lahti ja luges matmissõnad, kuid see ei aidanud; alles kui õigeusu preester oma matmise luges, pöördus Toomas hauas kummuli ega käinud enam kodus.

Map of the area around Old Toomas who came home to eat, Pamma
58.50680° N, 22.61700° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives RKM II 5, 20/1 (18) (A. Paivel < Viia Prenner, 1947), Rehepapp database ↗

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