Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Liefringen Washer Spirits
Category: Ghost
The Myth
Near the mill at Liefringen, people said that on dark and still nights the sounds of many washerwomen could be heard. From the water came the clapping and splashing of washing, as though a whole group labored beside the stream.
Whenever the noise was heard, no one dared to step outside their house, for the presence of the unseen washerwomen filled the place with fear.
Thus the area around the mill was remembered as the haunt of ghostly women whose washing could be heard in the night.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die Waschfrauen bei Liefringen. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Waschfrauen_Liefringen.html
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