Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Platschmariechen, Washerwoman of Stöckels
Category: Ghost
The Myth
At the Stöckelter Moor near Itzig, where people say a pagan castle once stood, and also along the Hohlbach stream between Stöckels and Scheid, a ghostly washerwoman is said to appear on certain nights.
Her presence is known by the eerie, hollow slapping sound of laundry being beaten, though no one has ever managed to see her. She is called the Platschmrechen.
It is said that she always seeks out dark, muddy water and never washes in clear springs.
Thus the moor and stream are remembered as places haunted by the unseen washerwoman whose washing can still be heard in the night.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Das Platschmrechen auf Stöckels. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Platschmrechen_Stoeckels.html
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