:: RANCHO FOLCLÓRICO da FAJARDA - CORUCHE v2 Dezembro 2010 ::

LEGENDS AND FOLK BELIEFS

The people of Fajarda used ancient popular healings and secret prayers. Example: With nine drops of olive oil, layed three to three on a plate with cold water, they would soon know if the headache or disease of the pig or dog is caused by hatred, envy or evil eye, as these droplets behave: if are to the fore, middle, or go to the bottom of the water.

The most complicated "Benzeduras" and "rezas" are used to heal erysipelas and unsoldered meat.

To cure erysipelas they used a knife, a key raw with olive oil, a piece of rope and a cabbage stalk. For nine days, place the rope smeared with olive oil and a piece of the cabbage stem on the injured body part, reciting a prayer to Santa Barbara.

"Minha Santa Bárbara bendita,
Que tempestades nos tens salvado,
Manda já este terrível mal.
Lá para as bandas do mar salgado."

For Unsoldered was used: a garbage shovel, a small broom, scissors, a comb, a spit and a trivet. All objects are placed in a pan of boiling water. The patient must undergo some violent push, suffering after the massage performed with various objects at the same time that is saying

"Carne quebrada, torna a soldar,
Nervo torto, torna ao teu lugar."

For the Fajardense, the hum of the blowfly is a sign that you will receive good news, but a drone entering the house, is a sign that someone in the family will get sick with fever. The singing of the rooster "nunes" - odd hours - a good sign, but if in the the couple hours the family becomes restless waiting to see what will happen.

It Fears the corner of the owl, and the hooting of owls, from midnight, a sign of death, or inclement weather.

FAJARDA PEOPLE

There is no similarity in this Fajardense population with the rural Alentejo, whose wife is more homely and sober man, whose pastor is more and better farmer, knowing how to handle the plow with care, turning their cattle, silently, without wasting an inch of ground.

Unlike the Fajardense, more talkative, less contemplative and static, with no inner life that you torture the soul in a thousand anxieties, not a poet or artist. It's a good digger and dealer, is generous, but friend of profit.

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