The Herder Boy's Shoes to Sideby Church

Österbotten · Finland · Church

A weeping herder boy was sent dry-shod to church by an old man - but one laugh gave everything away.

In Sideby, Ostrobothnia, a small cowherd grieved that he had to mind the cattle while others went to church. A strange old man offered to watch the animals and lent him shoes that carried him dry-shod across the bogs. In church the boy saw the Evil One writing down all who slept or laughed; when the Devil's teeth flew from his mouth the boy laughed too - and found his own name in the book of hell.

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Hvor ligger The Herder Boy's Shoes to Sideby Church?

The Herder Boy's Shoes to Sideby Church ligger i Österbotten, Finland.