Legend
The Edru men and their famous foolishness
Edru mehed ja naljandid
Edru, a village on a drumlin ridge near the Endla bogs, has an ancient cremation site on its highest crest and a cup-marked stone by the road. For some reason it also became the butt of many jokes. In one, an Edru man was turning hay with his children when rain came, so he threw even the dry hay out of the barn, saying 'Here, eat this too!' Regional sayings still mock 'being done for like the Edru man with his cow fodder: the hay ran out and the cow died'. Tradition adds that the village once lay hidden in the forest and was first called Redu, Refuge.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Endla soode lähedal voorel asuva Edru küla kõrgeimal harjal on muistne surnute põletamise paik ja tee ääres lohukivi. Mingil põhjusel sai külast ka paljude naljade sihtmärk. Ühe loo järgi keeras Edru mees lastega heina, kui vihma hakkas tulema, ja ajas ka kuivad heinad küünist välja, öeldes: „Säh, söö need ka!“ Kõnekäänud pilkavad tänini, et keegi on „omadega väljas nagu Edru mees lehmatoiduga – hein otsas ja lehm lõpnud“. Pärimus lisab, et küla asus kunagi metsa sees ja selle algne nimi oli Redu.