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318<br />

A cross-tree in the Urvaste cross-forest.<br />

May 2009. Courtesy of Marju<br />

Kõivupuu.<br />

T<strong>here</strong> was a man who died of booze – in old times the landlord<br />

used to offer a drop of liquor after work and some had a<br />

lot of it. This man left the estate to go home and on the way<br />

he froze to death. Then he appeared in a dream and said: “I’m<br />

not in the grave w<strong>here</strong> you left me, my soul is in that old<br />

white willow stump.” (T<strong>here</strong> was a large white willow stump<br />

at the place w<strong>here</strong> he died.) ERA II 24, 212 (86) < Türi parish.<br />

The living may also dream of the deceased whose fate or rank<br />

was unknown:<br />

The master said that I’m dead but t<strong>here</strong> is no place for me.<br />

So I live on top of the pine tree at the other side of the field<br />

until my time comes. H II 58, 27/28 (17) < Jüri parish.<br />

Marju Kõivupuu

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