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The expression "You're as thin as a Maruxinho!" is still used to say that a person is smart and cunning; or that he is small and slender, and hides in any crevice.
One of these pests has caused the most damage in Europe. Spoiler: it’s not the mosquito.
The Maruxinho are small in stature, frail, have a wrinkled face and lively eyes, are long-eared and have claws instead of hands. The Maruxinho are considered clever and cunning beings who hide in any crevice.
used to devour youngsters, breathing fire from its eyes, mouth, and nostrils, while it bellows out its standard chant:
I am the Leaping Goat,
Who eats laddies by the pairs,
And I will eat you too,
Nothing but a few wee bugsies.
The cabra cabriola is said to be a man-eating goat, said to leap and buck a thousand times (hence the name, from cabriolar "to prance, caper").
The cabra cabriola is considered a bogeyman monster that terrifies children into good behavior. It is said to be armed with huge jaws and sharp teeth
The Maruxinho are enchanted beings from the folklore of northern Portugal in the municipality of Chaves. They are a kind of elves who live in the ruins of old hillforts or in caves underground that pass under the villages.
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