Ghost story · 1947
The dead man who rode on passing sleighs, Kaarma
Surnu, kes istus möödasõitjate reel, Kaarma
Mart Virveste, aged 76, told in 1947 of a man in Kaarma village on Saaremaa who was said to own a vedaja, a magic helper, though he seemed pious. After his death he came home, first staring at his son in the outbuildings, then sitting in the house. His grave in the churchyard was found open every morning, and pastors prayed over it in vain. He would climb onto the back of passing sleighs, so that the horses could not pull them. Only when an Orthodox priest read his own words did the old man stay away. People said he had died without handing on his helper's spell.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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76-aastane Mart Virveste rääkis 1947. aastal Saaremaal Kaarma külas elanud mehest, kellel olevat olnud vedaja, ehkki eluajal paistis ta vaga kirikuskäijana. Pärast surma hakkas ta kodus käima, vaatas algul hoonetes pojale otsa, siis istus juba toas. Haud surnuaias oli igal hommikul lahti ja mitu õpetajat käis seal asjata lugemas. Ta istus möödasõitjate ree taha, nii et hobused ei jaksanud vedada. Alles kui üks preester luges oma sõnad, kadus vanamees. Räägiti, et ta polnud saanud oma vedaja sõnu edasi anda.