Ghost story · 1939
'Put it down!': the white figure of Lümati swamp
„Pane maha!“ – Lümati soo valge kogu
Lümati, near Kasepää by Lake Peipus, once had a big forest with a deep, boggy swamp. A footpath crossed it, and by a large stone at its far side, people said, a figure in white appeared every evening and night. Anyone passing with a bag or bundle was ordered to put it down, and those who refused, or had not said the Lord's Prayer, vanished on the spot. A story recorded in 1939 tells of an old maid carrying spun yarn who answered that the spirit could go to the wolves. She was never seen again; only a scrap of her clothing was later found by the stone.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Peipsi ääres Kasepää lähedal Lümatil oli kunagi suur mets sügava ja mudase sooga. Sellest viis läbi jalgrada ja selle teises otsas oleva suure kivi juures ilmus rahva jutu järgi igal õhtul ja öösel valges riides kogu. Igaüht, kes kandis kotti või pampu, kästi see maha panna, ning kes keeldus või polnud meieisapalvet lugenud, kadus kohe. 1939. aastal kirja pandud lugu räägib vanatüdrukust, kes kandis lõnga ja vastas, et vaim mingu huntide juurde. Teda ei nähtud enam kunagi; hiljem leiti kivi juurest vaid tükk tema riidest.