Legend
The Devil's church site at Vana-Roosa
Vanatondi kirikuase Vana-Roosas
Old people in Vana-Roosa, near the present Roosa church, told a 1957 folklore collector about a stone-strewn spot they called the church site. The Old Devil had wanted to build his own church at Vana-Roosa, with a tavern beside it that would be his house. He carried the stones from Kõrgepalu in the legs of his trousers, but when he leapt over the Mustjõgi river below the steep bank called Pank, the trousers split and the stones crashed down there. When the site was examined later, the storyteller added, it turned out to be an ancient burial ground.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vana-Roosa vanad inimesed rääkisid 1957. aastal rahvaluulekogujale kivisest paigast, mida kutsuti kirikuasemeks. Vanatont tahtnud ehitada Vana-Roosasse oma kiriku ja selle kõrvale kõrtsi, mis olnuks tema maja. Ta kandis kive Kõrgepalust püksisäärtes, kuid kui ta Panga all üle Mustjõe hüppas, lõhenesid püksiharud ja kivid kukkusid sinna maha. Hiljem uurides, lisas jutustaja, selgus, et see on hoopis muistne matmispaik.
Source: After the Estonian Folklore Archives (RKM II 63, 423, 1957), via folklore.ee ↗