
The Legend of Brengsbokkjen:
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Once upon a time here at Breng there was a «Bokkje». A bokkje is a child that the parents didn’t want and who was abandoned in the woods to die (a myling). It could also be a child that was born out of wedlock and was killed by the mother at birth. The Breng Bokkje was renowned for scaring the fam girls. His scream was so horrible that it would send a cold chill down the spines of the people living on the farm and was considered forewarning of an accident. The Bokkje could take the form of a human or an animal. It was a common occurance that the cow disappeared in front of the farm girl when she was about to milk it, it was actually the Bokkje who had turned itself into a cow. Other times he would make himself so big that he would sit on the roof and his legs would dangle down on both sides of the walls. Sometimes, he would hold on to the boats so that they could not embark from their mooring when they were due to row home. After a while, the people decided they wanted to baptize the Bokkje so that they could be left in peace, so they got hold of a priest. He called out: What do you want to be called? What do you want to be called? But he received no answer. So he tried again, this time calling out: I’m immersing you in hope, either Guri or Jon «Jon» came the scream back from the forest, and since that day the Bokkje has left them in peace.