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The sea ox of Kiiu-Aabla

Kiiu-Aabla merihärg

Kiiu-Aabla is one of the best-known fishing villages in the west of Lahemaa, with boat landings below every farm, net sheds and the area's only Orthodox church. Its people liked to tell jokes about landlubbers from inland. In one, recorded in 1938, a farmer drove to the shore with his wife to buy fish. Out at sea a ship sailed past, towing a smaller boat behind it. The farmer pointed it out proudly: 'Look, Mari, that's a sea ox, and its calf is running after it, wanting to suckle!' Coastal folk, the tellers added, were quicker, merrier and more ready to help than slow country people.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Kiiu-Aabla on üks Lahemaa lääneosa tuntumaid kalurikülasid, kus iga talu all olid paadilautrid, võrgukuurid ja kus asub piirkonna ainus õigeusu kirik. Siinne rahvas armastas rääkida nalju sisemaalt tulnud maameestest. 1938. aastal kirja pandud loo järgi sõitnud maamees naisega randa kalu ostma. Merel möödus laev, mis vedas järel väiksemat paati. Maamees näitas uhkelt: „Näe, Mari, see ongi merihärg, poeg jookseb järel, tahab vist imeda!“ Rannarahvas olevat jutustajate sõnul kiirem, lõbusam ja abivalmim kui pikaldased maamehed.

Map of the area around The sea ox of Kiiu-Aabla
59.58306° N, 25.51639° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: After Mari-Ann Remmel, Mäetagused 21 (2002); ERA II 167 (1938) ↗

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