(SLO) Puštalci in Ločani vedo povedati, da je lesena brv čez reko Soro svoje ime dobila po nekdanjem prikazovanju hudiča na tem kraju. Ko so domačini na obeh straneh mostu postavili znamenje, so ga za nekaj časa pregnali, nato pa se je ponovno začel prikazovati na sredini mostu. Hudiča so dokončno pregnali pod Šturmovo skalo tako, da so tudi na sredini mostu postavili znamenje, posvečeno Sv. Janezu Nepomuku, zavetniku mostov.
Hudič pa je Puštalcem nagajal že pred postavitvijo lesene brvi čez Soro. Puštalci so bili dobri glavnikarji in so glavnike na sejmih prodajali tudi Ločanom. Ker v starih časih čez Poljanščico ni bilo mostu, so glavnike na loški sejem vozili z brodom. V Šturmovi skali ob Poljanščici se je skrival hudič, ki je Puštalcem prevračal brod, da so bili glavnikarji večkrat mokri, torbe z glavniki pa so končale na dnu reke. Ker so imeli Puštalci hudičevega nagajanja dovolj, so se odločili, da bodo čez reko zgradili most, z denarjem, ki so ga imeli, pa so lahko postavili le leseno brv. Jezni hudič se je maščeval tako, da je po vseh puštalskih mlakah zaredil žabe, ki s svojim regljanjem Puštalcem niso dale spati. Iznajdljivi Puštalci so žabe začeli loviti. A bolj, ko so jih lovili, več jih je bilo, saj jim je hudič cele noči žvižgal. Ko ni pasel žab, pa je zapeljeval županovo hčerko. Ko je župan ugotovil, kdo je skrivnostni snubec, se je odločil temu narediti konec in skupaj s puštalskimi možmi zasul jamo na Kranclju, ter tako ujel hudiča, ki je lahko na svetlo prišel samo pod Šturmovo skalo, če se je prej okopal v Sori. To je hudiča tako razjezilo, da je v silni jezi neke noči v puštalsko brv vrgel velikansko skalo, da bi jo porušil. Brv je, čeprav lesena, ostala cela, je pa še danes skrivljena in od tod izvira njeno drugo ime-Kriva brv.
Hudiča pod Šturmovo skalo že dolgo ni več, žabe po puštalskih mlakah pa so ostale in če pozorno prisluhnete, zagotovo slišite regljanje.
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(EN) The inhabitants of Puštal anf Škofja Loka know to tell that the wooden footbridge across the Sora river got its name after ancient visitations of devil at this place. When the locals built shrines on both sides of the bridge, they drove him away for some time, but then again he started visitations in the middle of the bridge. They finally managed to drive him away under the Šturm rock by building a shrine dedicated St. John Nepomuk, the patron of bridges, in the middle of the footbridge.
Nevertheless, the devil had teased with the inhabitants of Puštal even before setting up the footbridge across the Sora river. The inhabitants of Puštal were good comb makers and they sold combs at fairs also to the inhabitants of Škofja Loka. As there was no bridge across the Poljanščica river at old times, they took combs to the Loka's fair by boat. There was a devil hidden in the Šturm rock by the Poljanščica river and he overturned the boat of the inhabitants of Puštal so that the comb makers were frequently wet, and the bags with combs ended at the bottom of the river. Because the inhabitants of Puštal had enough of the devil's chaff, they decided to build a bridge across the river; however, they only had enough money to make a wooden footbridge. The engry devil revenged by breeding frogs in all Puštal puddles which with their croaking did not allow the inhabitants of Puštal to sleep. The inventive inhabitants of Puštal started hunting frogs. But the more they hunted them the more there were as the devil whistled to them all nights. Yet, when he was not tending frogs, he was, seducing the mayor's daughter. When the mayor found out, who the mysterious wooer was, he decide to put an end to it and together with the men from Puštal he filled up the cave on Krancelj and thus caught the devil, who could only come out under the Šturm rock, if he had bathed in the Sora river before that. This made the devil so angry that one night in his burning anger he threw a giant rock on the Puštals's footbridge to destroy it. However, the footbridge, although a wooden one, remained complete, but it is still bent today and this is the origin of its second name-Bent footbridge.
The devil under the Šturm rock is long gone, but frogs in Puštal puddles are still there, and if you listen very carefully, you can certainly hear their croaking.
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