Ghost story
The noseless sexton and Rassi Jaak of Vihula
Ninata köster ja Rassi Jaak Vihulas
A comic ghost tale from Vihula, sent to M. J. Eisen by J. Loosberg, mocks a bad-tempered sexton who spied on confirmation boys outside the inn. One Saturday night he met a revenant on the road, who said he was Rassi Jaak, on his way to the inn. They came to blows, and each bit off the other's nose. The sexton pocketed the dead man's nose by mistake, and on Sunday the pastor laughed: that was the nose he had buried the week before, so someone else would have to lead the singing. At that old Jaak called from behind: 'Couldn't I do it?'
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vihulast J. Loosbergi M. J. Eisenile saadetud naljakas kummituslugu pilkab kurja köstrit, kes käis kõrtsi juures leeripoiste järel luuramas. Ühel laupäeva õhtul kohtas ta teel kodukäijat, kes ütles end olevat Rassi Jaak, kõrtsi minemas. Läks kakluseks ja kumbki hammustas teise nina peast. Köster pistis kogemata kodukäija nina taskusse ning pühapäeval naeris õpetaja, et see on ju nina, mille ta eelmisel pühapäeval maha mattis, nii et eeslauljaks peab keegi teine hakkama. Selle peale hüüdis vana Jaak selja tagant: „Eks mina või hakata?“
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Kodukäijad' (no. 15, recorded by J. Loosberg, Vihula) ↗