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barn owl (Tyto alba); a bird usually considered to bring bad or good luck
1878, Francisco Añón, untitled:
Por mor de certa rabuxa pelengrinei por Europa marexaba vento en popa pero dixen ¡ai da puxa! xa lle vin o rabo á cruxa, ando feito un sapo cuncho volvome ao patrio corruncho
Because of certain rage I pilgrimaged along Europe I was sailing with tailwind but I said to myself, geez! I've already seen the owl's tail and I'm look like a tortoise I'm getting back to my native corner
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “curug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
