A folk etymological legend says that desperate wailing can be heard from the abyss on stormy days. It is the ghost of a criminal stepmother who threw her stepchild into the chasm and later jumped in herself.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Lysá Nad Labem
- Municipality / starting point
- Lysá Nad Labem
- District / region
- Nymburk
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 12 km E of Staré Boleslavi
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 214
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.