Ghost story · 1894
The white foal of the Tõikvere inn pond
Tõikvere kõrtsitiigi valge varss
About five versts from Haljala church along the post road to Tallinn stood the Tõikvere inn, with a small pond by the roadside. Danel Pruhl wrote down in 1894 that when the pond was dug no water would come into it until three souls were promised to the water spirit. The first to pay was a man who went in to bathe: a white foal rose from the pond and trampled him until he drowned. The three souls were long since taken, people said, yet the pond was still feared by swimmers. By then Aaspere manor's cattle sheds stood where the village had been.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Haljala kirikust umbes viis versta postimaanteed mööda Tallinna poole asus Tõikvere kõrts ja selle juures maantee ääres väike tiik. Danel Pruhl pani 1894. aastal kirja, et kui tiik kaevati, ei tulnud sinna vett enne, kui näkile oli lubatud kolm hinge. Esimesena maksis ujuma läinud mees: tiigist tõusis valge varss ja trampis tema peal seni, kuni mees uppus. Rahva sõnul olid kolm hinge ammu täis, kuid ujujad pelgasid tiiki ikka. Endise küla kohal seisid siis Aaspere mõisa karjalaudad.
Source: Estonian Folklore Archives E 5149 (4) (D. Pruhl, Haljala parish, 1894), Rehepapp database ↗