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Saint Peter and the Mushrooms

The forest is particularly famous for its mushroom picking (a Czech craze). Indeed, as the folk legend goes, mushroom eating originating here!

Once upon a time, Jesus and Peter visited a small and poor house in the village of Loučen. The house was celebrating a wedding, and despite their poverty, they shared their food and entertained the pair.

The wedding cakes were so delicious that Peter pocketed several and he and Jesus made their way to the village of Jabkenice. However Peter kept nibbling the cakes on the way, delaying their progress and dropping crumbs all along the route as he responded to Jesus' many questions.

Finally Jesus ordered Peter to go back and pick up all the crumbs. He did so, but to his astonishment, the crumbs had changed into little plants with a coloured cap and stem: mushrooms. He collected them all and brought them to Jabkenice, where a local woman fried them in butter and all agreed were delicious.

Jesus promised the villagers that they would never want again for food, and indeed, to this day the St George Forest is a paradise for mushroom pickers.