They say that whoever buries silver in the ground will definitely become a ghost to play with. One day two people, traveling from south to north, got to talking about this. One argued that this was not true. Another said that he still believes in it a little.
They argued until the one who did not believe took a two-shilling coin from his wallet and buried it in a mound in a conspicuous place, saying:
“I’m unlikely to return to this coin.”
The other replied that he should not renounce, and at this point they ended the conversation and continued their journey.
No more is said about them until many years later when both of them settled near each other. Both of them had long ago completely forgotten about the coin.
Then the one who buried the two skildings fell ill, and immediately he remembered this coin, and the worse he felt, the more he thought about it. When he felt that he was dying, he sent to his old comrade and asked him to hit the road as quickly as possible and find the coin that he had buried in a hummock.
It was as if he had awakened from a dream. He said that he was not surprised, he got ready as soon as possible, took two horses on the road and did not stop until he came to that bump. He saw dark blue smoke around the hummock. Some say that he dreamed of a human heart beating in a mound. He took a coin out of the mound, and then it was all gone.
Returning home, he learned that his friend had died. He died at the time he approached the hummock, or a little earlier.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru