The
name of Techirghiol
It is said that long ago in a village on the Black Sea
lived an old crippled and almost blind man named Techir. The man did not have
anyone just a donkey who help him at his works.
The summers were milder for Techir but the winters
were very difficult because of bone pains which were increasingly painful from
year to year.
Someday Techir decided to go to a healer in a near
village, who could help him. The healer looked at Techir, opened his big book
and said:
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When man is in
need he must trust his best friend and where his best friend will guide him, he
will find the salvation!
Sad because of senseless words of the healer, Techir
left at home without any hope. The donkey, who had many wounds from heavy work
could not go very fast, so it was already night when suddenly the horse fell down
in a sort of bad smelling mud. The animal was stuck in the mud and the old man
had to go after his best friend to help him but the donkey didn't want to go
out from there in any way.
In the morning Techir saw that they fell in a swamp
which was pretty big . He find astonishing that the donkey's wounds are almost
cured and his legs are able to move more quickly and the pains are no longer so
hard.
Remembering the words of the healer about
"salvation", Techir thanked to his friend, the donkey and came daily
at the swamp and was bathing in it. Soon old Techir began to see better and his
bone pains disappeared.
Glad it was cured Techir decided to move near the swamp.
He built a large house and invited anyone who
has healthy problems to come and try the therapeutic effects of the mud. When
they heard the news, lots of people rushed to the shore of the sea at the swamp,
bathing and putting mud all over their bodies so that they had been cured by
their ills. Shortly an important settlement was formed on the shore of Black
Sea in peace and good living named Techirghiol Lake after the old man’s name.
