Whilst reading through some of the posts (Ignatius, Selma), a few lingering questions of years gone by came by (would be nice to hear answers from others with similar recollections): 1. did anyone hear stories from Salcette villages about tall men who worked at night, dug wells and did assorted construction jobs. My aaji used to say her great grandmother told her of tall men who worked at night. My impressions were this was a fantasy story to keep young Pandu from doing the coconut-jobs at night. But if you go along the Betalbatim-Uutorda road, take a look at the old wells; they all have large granite-type stones, from where one pulls the water. To move the stone would take 10-15 men.....according to the azoba account, it took 3 to 5 of these men to do the job. Apparently they dug wells overnight (really fast). Strangely, they worked overnight (never during the day and no explanation why). They were called Al**** (something), I cannot remember.
2.In the Salcette villages, old women would cast or de-activate a 'spell' by moving a bunch of dried red chillies in strange formations. I am curious about this ritual of the old. My request for information/details were ignored by the elders. 3. Does anyone remember a brother-sister combo (of Goan origin) who got into aircraft and took free flights (not as stowaways) in the late 60s/70s. Apparently they went to Germany and a couple of countries, undetected. They were from Salcette I understand but I do not know their names. One gathered this hanging around Marliz and other coffee shops where the 'heros' of the day (you know, the cool know-it-all characters in Ray-ban, cigarette in hand, shirt-open-hairy-chest showing) would hang around and chat endlessly.
