meiga

At its head were the captain-general and the Swiss, brandishing in his hand the magic rattan; close behind walked the _meiga_, the Gallegan witch-wife, by whom the treasure-seeker had been originally guided in the search; numerous masons brought up the rear, bearing implements to break up the ground.

George Borrow The Man and His Books Edward Thomas 1897

At last the people with whom I lodge, and to whom I told my business, advised me to send for a meiga.

The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

O she is a powerful hax, that meiga; she is well known in the neighbourhood, and has done much harm to the cattle.

The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

A procession directed its course to the church of San Roque; at its head was the captain-general and the Swiss, brandishing in his hand the magic rattan, close behind walked the meiga, the Gallegan witch-wife, by whom the treasure-seeker had been originally guided in the search; numerous masons brought up the rear, bearing implements to break up the ground.

The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

San Roque; at its head was the captain-general and the Swiss, brandishing in his hand the magic rattan, close behind walked the meiga, the Gallegan witch-wife, by whom the treasure-seeker had been originally guided in the search; numerous masons brought up the rear, bearing implements to break up the ground.

The Bible in Spain 1712

O she is a powerful hax, that meiga; she is well known in the neighbourhood, and has done much harm to the cattle.

The Bible in Spain 1712

I told my business, advised me to send for a meiga.

The Bible in Spain 1712

Frederico Romero and Guillermo Fernandez Shaw wrote over 70 libretti together, including zarzuelas for composers Jose Serrano (La cancion del olvido); Jacinto Guerrero (La rosa del azafran, Las alondras, Loza Lozana); Amadeo Vives (Dona Francisquita, La villana); Rafael Millan (El dictador); and Jesús Guridi (El caserio, La meiga and Penamariana).

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