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The black cat of Kassipalu

About a kilometre east of Priipalu village, on the old road through a stretch of forest by a tavern, lay a place the locals called Kassipalu, the cat's heath. A black cat haunted it. When a cart or sledge passed through the trees at night, the cat would leap up behind the driver, and the load would suddenly grow so heavy that no horse could pull it. Horses came out of that forest lathered in sweat and trembling, and drivers learned to whip them through without looking back. The forest has mostly been cleared now and the old tavern site has become a farm, but the name Kassipalu still remembers the cat.

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

Eesti keeles

Umbes kilomeeter Priipalu külast ida pool, vana tee ääres kõrtsi juures metsatukas, asus paik, mida kohalikud kutsusid Kassipaluks. Seal kummitas must kass. Kui vanker või regi öösel puude vahelt läbi sõitis, hüppas kass vankrimehe selja taha ja koorem muutus äkki nii raskeks, et ükski hobune ei jaksanud seda vedada. Hobused tulid metsast välja vahus ja värisedes ning mehed õppisid neid tagasi vaatamata läbi piitsutama. Mets on nüüdseks enamjaolt maha võetud ja vana kõrtsikoht on muutunud taluks, kuid Kassipalu nimi mäletab kassi siiani.

Map of the area around The black cat of Kassipalu
57.98550° N, 26.19500° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Folk legend in the Valga County place-legends compilation. ↗

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