Ghost story · 1914
The spooks under Tammekolga bridge, Hargla
Tondid Tammekolga silla all Harglas
Pupils of Hargla school wrote down local lore in 1914, among it the spooks of the Tammekolga stream. They lived under the bridge, and anyone crossing at midnight was pestered by them. Once a man crossed at sunrise on Midsummer morning and saw someone drying money on a stone by the stream. He went closer and asked for a share. The money-dryers, who were spooks, offered him all of it if he brought them the white ewe and her lamb that he had at home. He refused, and at that moment the money and its keepers vanished. Tammekolga farm still stands in Hargla village near the Latvian border.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Hargla kooli õpilased panid 1914. aastal kirja kohapärimust, teiste seas Tammekolga oja tondid. Need elasid silla all ja kes keskööl üle läks, seda nad kimbutasid. Kord läks üks mees jaanipäeva hommikul päikesetõusu ajal üle silla ja nägi, et keegi kuivatab oja ääres kivil raha. Ta läks ligemale ja palus ka endale. Rahakuivatajad, kes polnud muud kui tondid, lubasid anda kõik, kui mees toob neile kodus oleva valge utte koos tallega. Mees keeldus ja samal hetkel kadusid raha ja selle valvurid. Tammekolga talu asub endiselt Hargla külas Läti piiri lähedal.
Source: Estonian Folklore Archives E 53431 (Hargla parish, 1914), Rehepapp database ↗