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Tapurla and the three men from Finland

Tapurla küla pärimus

Tapurla is a small fishing village on the east shore of the Juminda peninsula in Lahemaa, probably named after the bay beside it, which the place-name scholar Enn Tarvel thought was itself named after a man called Tappe or Tapara. Like many villages on this coast, it remembers the catastrophe that followed the Great Northern War. Local tradition says that after the war all the villagers died of the plague. In their place came three men from Finland, across the gulf, and the farms of Tapurla are still called by their names.

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

Eesti keeles

Tapurla on väike kaluriküla Lahemaal Juminda poolsaare idarannikul, mis on ilmselt saanud nime kõrvalasuva lahe järgi; kohanimeuurija Enn Tarvel arvas, et laht on omakorda saanud nime mehe järgi, kelle nimi võis olla Tappe või Tapara. Nagu paljud selle ranniku külad, mäletab ka Tapurla Põhjasõjale järgnenud katastroofi. Kohalik pärimus räägib, et pärast sõda surid kõik külaelanikud katku. Nende asemele tulid üle lahe Soomest kolm meest, kelle nimedega kutsutakse küla talusid tänini.

Map of the area around Tapurla and the three men from Finland
59.60889° N, 25.56361° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia, after local tradition ↗

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