Ghost story
The red foal of the Virtsu castle cellars
Hanila people said the cellars of Virtsu's ruined old castle, filled with stones and rubble and their vaults mostly fallen in, still held gold, silver and copper. Many had dug there and given up before reaching the end. One woman dug on several Thursday nights until the door of the treasure cellar began to show. Then a red foal's head rose out of the ground and whinnied three times in a thin, high voice, and at once the rubble covered the cellar again just as before. Fragments of the medieval Virtsu castle survive near the manor at Virtsu, the harbour village from which ferries cross to Muhu.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Hanila rahvas rääkis, et Virtsu vanalinna keldrites, mis on kive ja prahti täis ning mille laed on enamasti sisse varisenud, on ikka veel kulda, hõbedat ja vaske. Paljud on seal kaevanud, aga töö alati enne lõppu pooleli jätnud. Üks naine kaevas mitu neljapäeva õhtut, kuni varanduse keldri uks hakkas paistma. Siis kerkis maa seest punase hobusevarsa pea ja hirnus kolm korda peene ja kõrge häälega – ning samal hetkel kattis praht keldri jälle nagu enne. Keskaegse Virtsu linnuse jäänused on säilinud mõisa lähedal Virtsus, sadamakülas, kust sõidavad praamid Muhusse.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Raha-augu jutud' (no. 74, recorded by A. Reimann, Hanila) ↗