Ghost story
Ruuna-haud, the gelding's grave in the Nõlva river
Ruuna-haud Nõlva jões
At Nõlva in Vigala parish, J. Tihkan recorded, the manor's ox-driver once saw a white calf run from the bank into the river and vanish. The manor's calves were counted and none was missing. Later the overseer saw a foal at the same spot, and the miller heard the voices of many animals from the water. Before then the river had drowned people and cattle there every year. At last the miller's farmhand loaded his gun with a three-cornered moccasin needle and shot the foal; there was a scream and a puff of blue smoke, and the spirit was gone. The place is still called Ruuna-haud.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vigala kihelkonnas Nõlval, pani kirja J. Tihkan, nägi mõisa härjamees kord, kuidas valge vasikas jooksis kaldalt jõkke ja kadus. Mõisa vasikad loeti üle ja ükski ei puudunud. Hiljem nägi kubjas samas kohas varssa ja mölder kuulis jõest mitmesuguste loomade hääli. Enne seda uputas jõgi seal igal aastal inimesi ja loomi. Lõpuks pani möldri sulane püssi kolmekandilise pastlanõela ja lasi varssa; kostis karjumine, järele jäi sinine suits ja näkki ei nähtud enam. Kohta kutsutakse tänini Ruuna-hauaks.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Näki raamat' (no. 50, recorded by J. Tihkan, Nõlva, Vigala parish) ↗