The raven carried off all the silver spoons, and suspicion fell on the poor girl. She was tried, and under torture confessed she had stolen them.
She was executed, but before her death declared her innocence.
Soon after new eave-troughs were put on the gentleman's house, and the spoons were all found where the raven had hidden them.
The Bergmönch[[1]] and Wilder Mann.[[2]]
[[1]] Bergmönch—mountain monk.
[[2]] Wilder Mann—wild man.
There are numerous traditions of the Bergmönch in the mining districts.
He is always seen in the dress of a master-miner, with a silver mine-lamp in his hand.
It is said he was a master-miner, and begged to be permitted to inspect the mines until the Judgment Day. The Monk's valley—Mönchsthal—near Clausthal, was his favourite retreat.