FOLK TALE: FOOL'S GOLD

Fool's Gold

The Greedy Priest

Once there was a wicked pastor who did not fear God or man. His obligations to the church consist of ringing the bells to call people to the Church and counting the offerings. The pastor used to steal money out of the offerings. After he had filled a trunk full of gold, he murdered a man and buried him with the trunk so the ghost of the murdered man would protect the trunk. Whoever tried to dig for the treasure would be eaten up by the ghost of the dead man.

As the pastor gasped out ...