The legend of Devil's forrest

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The legend of Devil's forrest

An illustration of the Legend of devil's Forrest: Two farmers down in the valley were having an angry dispute who was the owner of a nearby forrest. They couldn't settle the issue, dirty words, calling the Devil started to appear in the quarrel and ... the Devil did suddenly show up. He took the forrest, which was the object of the dispute, and, carrying it on his shoulders, ran over the mountains. It was noon, when he was in the middle of the grassy slope of Cjanovca. But then the bell of the nearby St. Jakob church rang. The Devil immediately lost its power, had to leave the forrest on that place and disappeared. From that times the forrest is called Hudičev borst (Devil's Forrest) and the mountain is called Zaplata.