The False Judge's Skin in Lappfjärd Church
Österbotten · Finland · Church
A man held the skin on his stake and forced the Devil to fetch back every wrongfully taken coin.
In Lappfjärd a false judge was buried before the altar in the church. A man was allowed to stand inside the chancel with a stake in his hand, and then the Devil came, pulled the judge from his coffin and stripped off his skin. The man speared the skin on the stake and refused to surrender it until the Devil had fetched back everything the judge had taken wrongfully - all but a single coin wedged in a cleft of rock.
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Where is The False Judge's Skin in Lappfjärd Church located?
The False Judge's Skin in Lappfjärd Church is in Österbotten, Finland.
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