The green-haired maiden on the Jäärja stone

On the land of Alliku farm in Jäärja, Saarde parish, lies a huge boulder with a little brook running past it south into the river. When it stood in thick forest, a water maiden often came out of the river to sit on it, warming herself: herd children saw a young girl with a pretty face, green hair, a blue jacket and red stockings. When sheep grazed close she threw pebbles at them. An old bath-house woman once crept up to see her; the maiden leapt down, ran through the thicket and plunged into the river. After the forest was cut down she never came to sit on the stone again. Jäärja is a village in Saarde parish, Pärnu County.