"kassikaevu" - 1 õppematerjal

Legends of Tallinn

One house there ise known for its ghost stories. There is also a legend for the hous which is situatet at the Suur Karja 10. Suur Karja 10 habitants remember those years, when the house was hunted. At nights there were steps and mysterious voices. In 1928, when the building was renovated, a skeleton was found between the walls. It is not known why the man was killed in this way. There are two stories for the Ratsakaevu street. First of them tells about a Kassikaevu. Formerly, there was a well on the Ratsakaevu street. There was a wheel attatched to the well, what helped to get the water out of the well. It is said that because of that wheel, was that street named as Ratsakaevu street. Townspeople, however, called the pit instead Kassikaev. It is said that one nixie lived in that well and it was believed that the nixie will float Tallinn. Because of that the habitants sacrificed every year many cattles, especially many dead cats. Because of that the