Twelve Laps Around the Graveyard in Kimito

Egentliga Finland · Finland · Cemetery

The greedy were lured to walk twelve laps round the churchyard - and at the twelfth the maples whispered a warning.

In Kimito in Finland Proper it is said the Evil One and his brood hide by the churchyard gate on Christmas night. Anyone greedy is tempted to walk twelve laps around the graveyard, after which he is offered coffee; if he drinks, he gains riches but loses his soul. One man got eleven laps in before the maples began to whisper a warning, and he fled in time.

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Where is Twelve Laps Around the Graveyard in Kimito located?

Twelve Laps Around the Graveyard in Kimito is in Egentliga Finland, Finland.

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