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EN The Galician keeps to his primitive boat-shaped or wishing-bone-shaped ox-cart, with its spokeless wheels of solid wood, which do not revolve upon the axle and have half-moons, in memory of prehistoric moon-worship, and shriek and groan so terribly that in passing through a town the peasant is compelled by law to silence the wheels with soap, because they are excellently suited to the rough granite mountain-paths (congostras); and the wooden ploughshare, with the merest tip of iron, is also well suited to the light, shallow soil of many parts.
GL O galego acaróase ó seu primitivo carro de bois, con forma de barca ou espoleta, con rodas de madeira sólidas e sen radios, que non dan voltas sobre o eixe, teñen medias lúas, en recordo do culto primitivo á lúa, e chían e xemen dunha maneira tan abouxante que, cando pasan polas vilas, os paisanos son obrigados pola lei a silencia-las rodas con xabón, debido a que están soamente adaptadas para os camiños difíciles e pedrallentos da montaña (congostras); e o arado de madeira, só con ferro na punta, acáelles moi ben ós solos lixeiros e pouco fondos de moitas zonas.
Fonte: GAL (120)

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