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Northern Portugal as well. Called "espigueiros" in Portuguese.Horreos are sort of a symbol of Galicia. You will find some purely decorative ones in front of some newer homes.
Hórreo - Wikipedia
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But can we relate the word horreo to Oreo? After all, the H is silent.Lots of information here, including etymology that relates the word horreo to the English word horror.
Appendix B. Hórreos and Other Galician Granaries
In Galicia, there are several types of graneiros (or graneiras ) [Galego for Spanish graneras , granaries or barns for storing grain]. ...madillcamino2014.blogspot.com
I guess we have to find the horreo that was used to store cookies.But can we relate the word horreo to Oreo? After all, the H is silent.
Thanks AlexThey are storage houses for vegetables/grain. The lower edges (Above the foundation pillars) are extended to hinder mice etc. entering the storage. Very common in Galicia. Spanish name is Horreo (plural: Horreos).
Quote from the blog: "The Latin word horror, -oris (meaning horror, as in English, but also shuddering, shivering, or chill) has the same root because those buildings were dark and cold."etymology that relates the word horreo to the English word horror.
I knew I was wrong as soon as I saw in my alert notifications that @Kathar1na quoted my post. If she doesn't already know something she does know how to find out.There doesn't appear to be any common root for Latin horrere (to tremble, hence English horror) and Latin horreum (storehouse, hence Spanish horreo).
I have T-shirt with the text:I knew I was wrong as soon as I saw in my alert notifications that @Kathar1na quoted my post. If she doesn't already know something she does know how to find out.
I believe they are used to dry corn.Travelling from Sarria to Portomarin we came across lots of these structures which we can’t decide if they’re shrine type things or animal coops? Anyone know what they are? There were so many of them on most properties and haven’t seen them previously on the trail. Anyone know what they are???View attachment 110167
I know enough to know that it should only be worn on solo caminos.I have T-shirt with the text:
"I don't need Google. My wife knows everything"...
Is that a building permit in front of the big one?I saw these yesterday. One was being refinished and the little one was about 6ft long and three feet tall in front of a house.
Thank you so much, @Rick of Rick and Peg! I was transported away from the day-to-day of COVID-19 restrictions, back to Galicia and remembering the first time I saw them on the Via de la Plata in the Fall of 2008. What a nice break from the current COVID-19 sadness, to a time when things were so much more free and perhaps even taken for granted. Given the opportunity to safely return to Galicia in future, I shall treasure the experience even more than I did the first time. Again, thank you for sharing this wonderful article.Lots of information here, including etymology that relates the word horreo to the English word horror.
Appendix B. Hórreos and Other Galician Granaries
In Galicia, there are several types of graneiros (or graneiras ) [Galego for Spanish graneras , granaries or barns for storing grain]. ...madillcamino2014.blogspot.com
These are "hórreos", traditionally used to store grain like corn, so it's a kind of raised grain store. They stand on a plinth often supported by stone pillars with a disc on top of each pillar, or similar structure, to prevent vermin getting up over the plinth and into the store. Many are used as tool sheds for the garden etc. Some miniature ones have been made as post-boxes or ornaments in the gardens of rural houses.Travelling from Sarria to Portomarin we came across lots of these structures which we can’t decide if they’re shrine type things or animal coops? Anyone know what they are? There were so many of them on most properties and haven’t seen them previously on the trail. Anyone know what they are???View attachment 110167
Thats where the trolls live. I should know. I've been accused of being a terrible trollTravelling from Sarria to Portomarin we came across lots of these structures which we can’t decide if they’re shrine type things or animal coops? Anyone know what they are? There were so many of them on most properties and haven’t seen them previously on the trail. Anyone know what they are???View attachment 110167
Inside the big one it gives the impression of an outhouse.Is that a building permit in front of the big one?
You're right - someone is sitting in there.Inside the big one it gives the impression of an outhouse.
They are grain stores, the air can flow through the store to keep it in good condition, the legs are designed so rodents cannot climb in and eat the grain.Travelling from Sarria to Portomarin we came across lots of these structures which we can’t decide if they’re shrine type things or animal coops? Anyone know what they are? There were so many of them on most properties and haven’t seen them previously on the trail. Anyone know what they are???View attachment 110167
Could it have been some sort of outdoor lighting for the property?So, after the success of getting my last question answered, here’s another one. On the road down to Palas del Rei there were these all the ways down the side of the road, they have an angled mirror on the inside but really can’t work out their function or why so many??? Who knows what they’re for?
I have not and will not say a word…Hor…reo…ok…two syllables but not one word.This thread cracks me up.
Do you think after 100 people write and say what they are, people will stop commenting what they are?
You mean to say that you know what they are? What are they? I don't have a clue. My uninformed guess is that they are some outdated art installation. I didn't notice them when I walked on the road towards Palas de Rei, did you perhaps see them? I also looked for them in Google Streetview but no luck so far.Do you think after 100 people write and say what they are, people will stop commenting what they are?
Three syllables, pronounced o-rre-o. The h is silent.I have not and will not say a word…Hor…reo…ok…two syllables but not one word.
I thought it is Oreo...yum!Three syllables, pronounced o-rre-o. The h is silent.
no marks for spelling.Three syllables, pronounced o-rre-o. The h is silent.
I walked with a young American woman who had several years earlier studied for a year in Madrid. While visiting Galicia with her host family that's exactly what the son of the family told her, as a joke, which she believed, and even repeated to others. By the time I met her she had learned their true purpose of course.Two ladies who were avidly talking down their hostess at a party they had both been to when one suddenly turned to me:
"You've done this walk before (we'd chatted at a coffee stop). Those funny little sheds with the crosses on the top, is that where the locals store their dead (relatives)?"
I was SO tempted . . .
Back to horror again."Those funny little sheds with the crosses on the top, is that where the locals store their dead (relatives)?"
I was SO tempted . . .
The English equivalent that used staddle stones to support a structure or deck containing beehives, grain store, larder etc.Travelling from Sarria to Portomarin we came across lots of these structures which we can’t decide if they’re shrine type things or animal coops? Anyone know what they are? There were so many of them on most properties and haven’t seen them previously on the trail. Anyone know what they are???
Those mushroom caps were apparently meant to keep out rats but since we now know they can swim up pipes and through toilet bowls . . .The English equivalent that used staddle stones to support a structure or deck containing beehives, grain store, larder etc.