The Dark One in Oll-Eiro of Strömfors

Nyland · Finland · Site of legend

A swindler with double measures harboured the dark one, and the priest drove him out through the window lead.

In Strömfors they told of Oll-Eiro from Hommansby, a cheat who traded with double measures and in whom the dark one was said to dwell. A priest was fetched from Lappträsk, and when the fiend mocked the priest's own youthful sins, the priest confessed them openly. Then he pricked a hole in the window's lead with an awl, and through it the dark one was forced out.

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Where is The Dark One in Oll-Eiro of Strömfors located?

The Dark One in Oll-Eiro of Strömfors is in Nyland, Finland.

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