Ghost story · 1985
The skipping dead lord of Peri manor
Peri mõisa hüplev surnud härra
A memory recorded in 1985 says that the lord of Peri manor near Põlva became a kodukäija, a revenant who walks home after death. Young men grazing horses at night saw him coming from the direction of the cemetery, skipping along the road. The narrator's uncle, then a boy, saw him himself and was so frightened he hid his face in his horse's mane, while the horses grew restless too. People believed the lord's wickedness in life gave him no rest, and nobody knew whether they were ever rid of him. Peri manor's former grounds lie just south of Põlva town.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1985. aastal kirja pandud mälestuse järgi sai Põlva lähedal asuva Peri mõisa härrast kodukäija. Öösel hobuseid karjatanud õitsilised nägid teda kalmistu poolt tulemas, mööda teed hüpeldes. Jutustaja onu, toona noor poiss, nägi teda ise ja kartis nii, et peitis pea hobuse laka alla; ärevaks läksid ka hobused. Arvati, et härra ei saanud oma õeluse pärast rahu, ja keegi ei teadnud, kas temast kunagi lahti saadi. Endine Peri mõisasüda asub Põlva linnast veidi lõuna pool.
Source: Estonian Folklore Archives RKM II 392, 283/4 (1985), Lõuna-Eesti pärimuse portaal (Kambja) ↗