The spring has a number of underground "fountains" which constantly shift the sand at the bottom.
According to Rimpi tradition, anyone who eats a frog found in the well will receive a golden treasure.
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Gold Well or Gold Spring
Mention is made as early as 1789, in Christfrid Ganader's Mythologica Fennica, of a "Gold Well" whose waters flow into both the Gulf of Bothnia and the White Sea.
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"Gold Spring" has a number of underground "fountains" which constantly shift the sand at the bottom.