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SKJELSKØR.
Chap. LV.
“ Dalby mill and Kielby mead,
Beechen grove and Ringsø lake,
Give I to Bosie Kloster new;
But I myself lie under this høi.”
A peasant once carried off the stone to repair his house,
but the ghosts made such a hideous noise, his family
were scared out of their wits, and resolved to depart
bag and baggage, when a ghost appeared before them,
saying, “ Replace Lille Tulle.” They did so, and the
noises ceased. Later, however, the stone was carried
off by Tage Thott to use in the construction of his
chateau at Eriksholm, but he was one of the family, and
the ghosts said nothing.
We had meant to extend our journey as far as
Holstenborg and Skjelskør, the former the seat of the
Counts of Holstein; Skjelskør a small town,
remarkable for nothing except for the fact that no Danish
king has ever visited within its walls since the days of
Erik Menved. According to tradition, Skjelskør is one
of the strongholds of the Elf King; and were a living
monarch to attempt to cross the bridge which leads
within its gates, the structure would straightway crumble
down and immerse the royal party in the waters
below.
But though Skjelskør is a town of little historic
interest, not far from it stands the picturesque chateau
of Borreby, built, it is said, with the stones from Marsk
Stig’s stronghold at Stigs Næs. Borreby is the herregaard
of a branch of the Friis family—the “ Black Friis” as
they were styled, from their bearing three black
squirrels* as their arms—one of whom, John Friis, was the
* The Friis, of Friisenborg, bear a red squirrel cracking a nut.
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