The Cobbler and the Note in the Church Door, Kristinehamn

Värmland · Sweden · Church

In dire straits, the cobbler wrote in his own blood that he pledged body and soul to the Evil One — and slid the note into the church door's keyhole.

In Kristinehamn a tale was told of a poor cobbler who devised a fateful scheme. With his own blood he wrote on a slip of paper that he pledged body and soul to the Evil One, and one Thursday night he pushed the note into the keyhole of the church door. After that he gained every advantage he had wished for. His workshop ran night and day, and at night, while the master slept, journeymen sent by the Evil One worked on, able to do anything.

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The Cobbler and the Note in the Church Door, Kristinehamn is in Värmland, Sweden.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.