In St Clement’s Church within the former hillfort on Prácheň Hill, a worn piece of birch rod was once kept under glass. A child had used this rod to beat its mother in nearby Velké Hydčice. After the child died, it supposedly thrust its hands out of the grave, but the mother whipped them with the rod until it withdrew beneath the ground. The rod was reportedly kept in the church as a warning to children.
Location and map
- Place
- Prácheň- Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Prácheň
- District / region
- Klatovy
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 2 km SW of Horažďovic
In St Clement’s Church within the former hillfort on Prácheň Hill, a worn piece of birch rod was once kept under glass. A child had used this rod to beat its mother in nearby Velké Hydčice. After the child died, it supposedly thrust its hands out of the grave, but the mother whipped them with the rod until it withdrew beneath the ground. The rod was reportedly kept in the church as a warning to children.
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 286
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.