Hasta que D. Baldomero realizó el traspaso, no se supo en aquella casa lo que era un metro, ni se quitaron a la vara de Burgos sus fueros seculares.
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Until Don Baldomero transferred the business, no one in that house knew what a metre was, nor did they abandon the secular privileges of the Burgos yard.
Translated by soybeba • 48366 1 month, 1 week ago

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thanks

by Boot2 1 month, 1 week ago

Apparently, Burgos was highly specialised in that trade, and they had their own unit of measurement (la “vara de Burgos”).

by soybeba 1 month, 1 week ago

why Burgos yard? ( voted but...)

by Boot2 1 month, 1 week ago