Topical dictation
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In Quintana dwell “cucos”; in Santa Colomba “alpabardos”; in Sotillo, “cascanueces” and in El Barrio, “marrajos”.
A proverb referring to the villages of Barrio de Lomba, Sotillo de Sanabria and Santa Colomba de Sanabria and announces, in addition to the places, the name by which their inhabitants are known.
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He who goes to La Colomba and sleeps there, goes in one year and returns in another.
This refers to the church in Formariz dedicated to Saint Colomba, whose feast day, as we have already mentioned in previous pages, is celebrated on 31st December.