Legend
The red ox in the treasure cellar of Paadrema
Paadrema manor was said to stand on the old walls of a monastery, with a great treasure hidden in the ground between the buildings. Once the lord had men dig for it while he himself was at Virtsu manor, some twenty versts away. Suddenly he began to scream with pain, jumped on his horse and galloped back to Paadrema, shouting from afar to stop. The diggers had already prised open the door of the treasure cellar. Inside, a huge red ox lay asleep on a great chest. One worker grabbed a razor and a big scarf from a shelf by the door before the digging was stopped, and the lord's pain left him at once. The tale was written down in 1920.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Paadremaa mõis olevat ehitatud vana kloostri müüridele ja mõisaõues hoonete vahel olevat maa sees peidus suur varandus. Kord lasi mõisahärra seal kaevata, olles ise umbes 20 versta kaugusel Virtsu mõisas. Korraga hakkas ta valust karjuma, hüppas hobuse selga ja kihutas tuhatnelja Paadremaale, hüüdes juba eemalt, et kaevamine lõpetataks. Kaevajad olid jõudnud varakeldri ukse lahti kangutada. Keset keldrit magas suure kirstu peal hiiglaslik punane härg. Üks tööline jõudis ukse kõrvalt riiulilt habemenoa ja suure räti haarata, enne kui kaevamine keelati, ja härra valu kadus kohe. Loo pani kirja S. Pruuden 1920. aasta suvel.
Source: Estonian Folklore Archives E 51347 (S. Pruuden, Läänemaa, 1920), Rehepapp database ↗