Ghost story
The white woman on Simuna churchyard wall
Long ago the farmhands of Paasvere manor were carting vodka to Rakke on a pitch-dark night. The road ran behind Simuna churchyard. Suddenly they heard a rustling in the ditch by the road. They struck a match to see who was there. In its light they saw a woman in white slip over the churchyard wall, and they knew her at once. She was the wife of a Paasvere farmhand, buried in that churchyard only a couple of weeks before. The story was written down in 1939 by a girl in Ristiküla, who had it from her father.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vanasti läksid Paasvere mõisa moonamehed viinavooriga Rakke. Tee viis Simuna surnuaia tagant mööda ja öö oli pime. Korraga kuulsid mehed tee ääres kraavis krõbinat. Nad tõmbasid tikust tuld, et näha, kes seal krõbistab. Tikuvalgel nägid nad valges riides naisterahvast üle surnuaia müüri lipsamas ja tundsid ta kohe ära. See oli üks Paasvere moonamehe naine, kes oli paar nädalat varem samale surnuaiale maetud. Loo pani 1939. aastal kirja Ristikülas elav tüdruk, kes oli seda kuulnud isalt.