Xíriga
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x-riga-239-8966645
title:
Xíriga
text:
Xíriga is an occupation-related cant on Asturian developed by the tejeros of Llanes and Ribadesella in Asturias. The tejeros were migrant workers in brick or clay, usually poor, who contracted themselves out for work sometimes in distant towns. Often mistreated by their overseers, the traveling craftsmen developed xíriga sometime around the 18th century as a defensive or private language in order to be able to talk freely in front of their employers/masters. Because it originated with poor worki
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description:
Cant used by tile workers from Asturias, Spain
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%C3%ADriga
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2022-06-24T09:36:37Z
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