The exorcists had come to relieve the village of the ghost of a miser, and we must presume had failed to quiet him.

Near Bergum, at Buitenrust farm, is the scene of another tragedy by drowning, for there died Juffer Lysse.

This maiden, disregarding too long her father's dying injunction to build a chapel, was naturally overturned in her carriage and drowned.

Ever since has the wood been haunted, while the bind-weed, a haunting flower, is in these parts known as the Juffer Lysse blom.
From these scraps of old lore--all taken from the little Leeuwarden guide--it will be seen that Friesland is rich in romantic traditions and well worthy the attention of any maker of sagas..