"Cova da Burra" literally Grave of a Jenny (female donkey) is a feature in Praia da Areia, Ribeira Seca, Ribeira Grande, S. Miguel.
Mary I din't know that that structure was called a "burra". only knew it as "cafuão" Just my two cents worth. Hermano > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Cova da Burra > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:46:45 -0700 > > > I am not a native Portuguese speaker (have to say that first!). But I > seem to recall that on at least one of the islands, that wooden > structure they use to dry the ears of corn is called a "burra". > > I may be very mistaken, but I am just throwing that into the mix. > > Mary Bordi > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
