A manuscript in Sušice Museum, compiled from older recollections of the respected townsman Jan Řešátko, says that ghosts held Mass in the Church of the Virgin Mary on All Souls’ Day. It records a version of the tale of a local widow who mistakenly came to worship at night. A kindly soul warned her to leave quickly and throw away her coat. Thus she saved her life; the coat was found torn to pieces in the cemetery the following day.
Location and map
- Place
- Sušice
- Municipality / starting point
- Sušice
- District / region
- Klatovy
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 32 km SE of Klatov
A manuscript in Sušice Museum, compiled from older recollections of the respected townsman Jan Řešátko, says that ghosts held Mass in the Church of the Virgin Mary on All Souls’ Day. It records a version of the tale of a local widow who mistakenly came to worship at night. A kindly soul warned her to leave quickly and throw away her coat. Thus she saved her…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 329
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.