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The dancing stone on Palandi field, Ohekatku

Ohekatku Palandi põllu kivi

Near Ohekatku manor, on a settler's field called Palandi, there lies an exceptionally large stone with a nearly flat top about three metres across, room enough for three couples to dance. Holes were drilled into it to blast it apart, without success. A Kehtna man aged 87 said in 1939 that gold lay hidden beneath it, to be had only by someone who jumped backwards over the stone three times at midnight on New Year's Eve. Kalevipoeg had thrown it: sitting on Hiiemägi he saw a wolf about to attack a flock of sheep and slung the stone two kilometres, so hard that it sank half into the ground.

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

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Ohekatku mõisa lähedal asuniku Palandi põllul lebab erakordselt suur kivi, mille peaaegu sile pealne on umbes kolm meetrit lai ja kuhu mahub tantsima kolm paari. Kivi lõhkamiseks puuriti sellesse auke, kuid tulemuseta. Üks 87-aastane Kehtna mees rääkis 1939. aastal, et kivi alla on peidetud kulda, mille saab kätte ainult see, kes vana-aasta öösel kell kaksteist kolm korda tagurpidi üle kivi hüppab. Kivi viskas Kalevipoeg: Hiiemäel istudes nägi ta, kuidas hunt tahtis lambakarja murda, ja virutas kivi lingust kaks kilomeetrit, nii et see vajus pooleldi maa sisse.

Map of the area around The dancing stone on Palandi field, Ohekatku
58.90791° N, 24.93091° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: After Muistendeid ja uurimusi Kalevipojast (E. Laugaste, E. Normann; folklore.ee) ↗

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