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Ghost story · 1939

The white lady of the Rästa peat bog, Laguja

Rästa turbasoo valge proua Lagujal

On the land of Rästa farm in Laguja village grew a small wood where peat was cut, known as the Rästa peat bog. According to a story told in 1939, ghosts lived along its road; women and children would not pass at night, and on Midsummer night the ghosts lit their own fires. A woman walking by before dusk once met a German noblewoman in white standing by the road. She whispered the Lord's Prayer, said 'God is with me' and grabbed her, and the white lady turned into a piece of rough birch bark. Other ghosts were said to have robbed a farmer of his home-brewed vodka.

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

Eesti keeles

Laguja küla Rästa talu maal kasvas väike mets, kust võeti turvast ja mida kutsuti Rästa turbasooks. 1939. aastal räägitud loo järgi elasid selle tee ääres kummitused: naised ja lapsed ei julgenud öösel mööda minna ning jaaniööl tegid kummitused oma tulesid. Üks naine, kes enne õhtut metsast läbi läks, nägi tee ääres valges riides saksa prouat. Ta luges vaikselt meieisapalve, ütles „Jumal on minuga“ ja haaras temast kinni – valge proua muutus karedaks kasetohuks. Teised kummitused olevat ühelt talumehelt koduse viina ära röövinud.

Map of the area around The white lady of the Rästa peat bog, Laguja
58.15900° N, 26.46600° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 241, 328/9 (Otepää parish, Laguja, 1939), via folklore.ee 'Rahvausundi loodus' ↗

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