Illustration for the legend: The Fountain Where Bakers Were Ducked
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The Fountain Where Bakers Were Ducked

Staroměstské náměstí

Historically
kašna na Staroměstském náměstí
Period
do 18. století
Told by
Josef Svátek, Legendy

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The people used to say of that fountain that it cost one groschen less than the Stone Bridge. As late as the eighteenth century bakers who gave short weight were ducked in it. And during one plague the Jews were said to have poisoned the water in the fountain.

All legends in this city