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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nIf you look south at the pointed Hars\u00e1ny hill,
\nyou\u2019ll see plowed furrows in the rocky mountain
\nand the footprints of a rooster, goat, and cat
\netched into the mountain ridge.<\/p>\n
An old woman lived here, and she had
\na daughter named Harka, unmatched in seven lands.
\nThe Devil cast his eye on her, wandering
\naround at night. His words never ran out.<\/p>\n
To win the girl, he had to plow
\nHars\u00e1ny hill before the rooster crowed.
\n\u201cI\u2019ll go right now!\u201d said the Devil.
\nHe yoked a cat, a goat, and a rooster
\nto his golden plow.<\/p>\n
The woman spied on him from the attic hatch,
\nwatching where the hoofed one worked.
\nHer eyes bulged as she saw the Devil
\nnearing the mountain\u2019s crest.
\nIf he kept this pace, he\u2019d finish well before dawn.<\/p>\n
So, the woman sprang into action!
\nShe ran to the chicken coop, mimicking
\na rooster\u2019s crow. Hearing this,
\nthe rooster hitched to the plow joined in.
\nEven the Devil\u2019s rooster cried out.
\nThe Devil tore at his hair.<\/p>\n
The three animals turned into the mountain,
\nand seeing his defeat,
\nthe Devil stomped in rage.
\nA hole opened, swallowing him whole.
\nWhere he descended to hell,
\nsulfur-scented thermal water surged from the earth.<\/p>\n
(Folk Tradition)<\/em><\/p>\n In 1823, during the drainage works near Gy\u00fcd and Hark\u00e1ny, J\u00e1nos Pog\u00e1ny, a peasant from Gy\u00fcd, discovered the healing properties of the water. J\u00f3zsef T\u00f6r\u00f6k described it in his work as follows:<\/p>\n “Antal Batthy\u00e1ny ordered canals to be dug to drain and dry the marshlands around Hark\u00e1ny. Among the workers was J\u00e1nos Pog\u00e1ny, a resident of Gy\u00fcd, whose leg was swollen from knee to ankle and plagued by shooting pains, leaving him reliant on a cane to walk. Feeling the warm water bubbling from the ditch and its soothing effect on his ailing leg, he immersed it while working in the ditch all day. By the next day, to his astonishment, the swelling had subsided enough for him to wear boots. Encouraged by this, he continued soaking his leg in the water, and by October 1823, after less than a month, he was completely cured.”<\/span><\/p>\n (Source: The History of Hark\u00e1ny Thermal Bath)<\/p>\nThe story of Hark\u00e1ny – in real life<\/h3>\n