Ghost story
The silver brooch in Lake Kolu
Hõbeprees Kolu järves
Toomas Vall of Kadrina told how two young men were fishing on Lake Kolu, near the manor of the same name in Kadrina parish, when the younger one spotted a beautiful silver brooch lying on the lake bottom. Someone must have lost it, he called out, and reached down to take it. The older man stopped him: that was no brooch, he said, but the water spirit, which lured people with shining things to drag them under. At those words the brooch vanished and the whole lake foamed. In Estonian lore a ring or brooch found by water was a classic bait of the water spirit.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kadrina Toomas Vall rääkis, kuidas kaks noormeest püüdsid Kadrina kihelkonnas samanimelise mõisa lähedal Kolu järvel kala, kui noorem nägi järve põhjas ilusat hõbepreesi. Keegi on selle vist kaotanud, hüüdis ta ja tahtis selle ära võtta. Vanem mees keelas: see pole prees, vaid näkk, kes meelitab inimesi läikivate asjadega vette. Nende sõnade peale kadus prees ja kogu järv vahutas. Eesti pärimuses on vee äärest leitud sõrmus või prees näki tavaline peibutis.