Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Midnight Washerwoman; Washer Spirit of the Syr
Category: Ghost
The Myth
At Lêbur in Reisdorf, people say that at midnight loud bellows can sometimes be heard, though no one is seen.
In the Betzter meadows near Betzdorf, on the banks of the Syr River, it is told that a girl once appeared every night to wash clothes in the darkness. She labored alone beside the water, returning again and again after nightfall.
Thus the places were remembered as sites where unseen washer spirits worked in the night.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Nächtliche Wäscherinnen zu Reisdorf und Betzdorf. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Naechtliche_Waescherinnen.html
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