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A Limia, a district of Ourense

Curiosities of A Limia

True and curious stories of A Limia told with sources: the miser of Xinzo, the Escornabois plague, the Randín fire, the 1878 Paris Exhibition, the 1918 flu and other customs and archive episodes.

Content
Documented stories, not legends
Periods
From the 11th to the 20th century
Sources
Historic press, archives and local blogs

This section gathers true and curious stories of A Limia drawn from archives, parish books and old newspapers. They are not legends: each page cites where each fact comes from [1][2]. There is a separate section for legends.

Stories

How this section is written

Each story rewrites what the sources tell, with dates, names and figures. When two sources give different numbers, the page states both versions, as with the Randín fire, where the press speaks of 120, 300 or 320 houses depending on the newspaper. Stories about specific people, such as that of Genoveva Vázquez, the Xinzo midwife, are in the entries of Notable people of A Limia.

FAQ

What was the "miser of Xinzo"?

José Oterino, a 43-year-old neighbour who died in 1891 and left 432 gold ounces hidden in his house; the press across Spain spoke of him [1].

How many people died in the Escornabois plague?

118 in the parish of Santa Mariña de Escornabois between September 1598 and summer 1599, according to the count by the priest Francisco Rodríguez [1].

What happened in Randín in 1889?

On 20 November a fire burned almost the whole village, with straw houses and strong wind; aid came from many parts of Galicia, from Havana and from Tourém, in Portugal [1].

Sources

  1. Alexander de los Ríos Conde, Vía Lethes, 2016-2020. https://vialethes.es/
  2. Edelmiro Martínez Cerredelo, Historia de Xinzo, 2014-2024. https://historiadexinzo.wordpress.com/

In this topic

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