Lömmesche-körka

The farmers in Tjäl in Vibyggerå have their shanties out by Mjältösundet. A short distance from the shanties there is a stone, which due to its size and peculiar shape is called "Lömmesche-körka" (The Loose Church/Rogue Church). According to legends and popular belief, there used to be "oknytt" (mischievous supernatural beings) at that stone. Some boys who were out looking for livestock had sat down on that stone, and since it was a "körka" (church), they had sung a hymn. Then they heard a voice inside the stone, which three times said: "Ho ho, yes yes!" Then one evening, a couple of girls in one of the cooking sheds in the nearby shanties were subjected to scraping and rustling under the bed, just as if there had been a whole bunch of rats there. One of them got up, they had already gone to bed, and intended to scare away whatever was under the "lave" (bed). The other girl told her not to bother with it. Perhaps she thought it was something supernatural. The first girl then thought: "Oh, come all you 'Lömmesche-körkbåna' (children of the Loose/Rogue Church), if you want!" and then she took a couple of logs and threw them under the bed, whereupon she went and lay down. But then she saw a "kanka" (rooster) come out from under the bed, and he was as big as a calf and had eyes as big as coffee saucers. He walked around there for a good while, scratching with his feet, as hens do, and he had such large claws on his feet that it sounded like hooves when they clattered together. After a while, he crawled back under the bed, and there he lay for a long time, butting up against the bottom of the bed so that it just shook.