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Ghost story · 1929

The dead baron on Paasvere chapel hill

Surnud parun Paasvere Kabelimäel

Kabelimägi, a small mound by Paasvere where the manor family buried its dead, was remembered in 1929 by Jaan Koulen. When he was six or seven, he said, he and other village children were picking white clover on the hill on a summer day when the old baron, long dead, suddenly stood among them in white. Too scared to run past him, the boy edged away, raised his cap and said good day, hoping to soften him, and at that word the baron vanished, leaving only a wisp of blue smoke. The children raced back to the manor.

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

Eesti keeles

Kabelimäge, väikest küngast Paasvere lähedal, kuhu mõisnikusoost surnuid maeti, meenutas 1929. aastal Jaan Koulen. Kui ta oli kuue-seitsmeaastane, korjasid tema ja teised külalapsed suvepäeval mäel valget ristikut, kui korraga seisis nende keskel valges riides vana parun, kes oli ammu surnud. Poiss ei julgenud temast mööda joosta, hiilis ettevaatlikult eemale, kergitas mütsi ja ütles „Tere!“, lootes, et parun ehk nii kuri pole, ning selle sõna peale parun kadus, järele jäi vaid sinine suits. Lapsed jooksid kõik mõisa poole.

Map of the area around The dead baron on Paasvere chapel hill
59.07304° N, 26.63962° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 13, 354/5 (11) (R. Viidebaum < Jaan Koulen, 1929), Rehepapp database ↗

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