Quando o tiçao funga , ou vento ou chuva : Cuando el tizón funga , o viento o lluvia . So say my countrymen and brothers of Tras Os Montes describing a situation that is very familiar to me: In the harsh winter of my childhood being in the fire sometimes there was a blight. As if it had inside an air pocket that came out through a point, it launched a small flame in one direction emitting a characteristic sound for 3 0 4 seconds that stood out in the silences of the conversation.
