Legend
Rajaküla, the village that wore out a beggar
Rajaküla ehk sandiväsitaja küla
Rajaküla is a small village in old Simuna parish, today in Vinni municipality. A tale written down in 1962 recalls how it earned a nickname. In the old days the poor who went begging for food were called 'sant'. Once such a beggar came to the village and went from farm to farm, but nobody gave him anything. When he had trudged through the whole village without getting even a crumb of bread, he lost his temper and declared that this was a real 'sandiväsitaja küla', a village that wears beggars out. The nickname stayed with the village for generations.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Rajaküla on väike küla vanas Simuna kihelkonnas, praegu Vinni vallas. 1962. aastal kirja pandud lugu meenutab, kuidas küla hüüdnime sai. Vanasti kutsuti vaeseid, kes käisid süüa kerjamas, santideks. Kord tulnud üks sant külla ja käinud perest peresse, kuid keegi ei andnud talle midagi. Kui ta oli kogu küla läbi käinud ega olnud saanud leivaraasugi, vihastanud ta ja ütelnud, et see on alles sandiväsitaja küla. Hüüdnimi jäi külale külge põlvkondadeks.
Source: After Eesti kohanimeraamat (EKI), tale recorded 1962 ↗