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The widespread belief that teenagers and young people suffer from boils was noted. In the 17<sup>th</sup> 17th century, Oihenart quoted an adage coinciding with the data provided by our surveys: ''“Ezta zaharra duena zaldarra” ''(anyone who has a boil is not old).
In Bidegoian (G), they reported that boils were more frequent in men and in red-blooded males. In Berastegi (G), they considered them to be a sign of virility, sexual and physical strength. In Moreda (A), they said that strong young men, as they were developing, because "they found no relief and their blood acted up". They just said that young women would get rid of them, just that, when they became adults.
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In Mendiola (A), the people interviewed said that ringworm has pink scaly patches that are very itchy. In Allo and Tiebas (N), they said that it causes small bald patches or circles on the head. In Agurain (A), ''gasepia ''is a disease whose symptoms include hair falling out and is cured by shaving the circles that form in the hair. In Abadiño (B), they spoke about bald circles forming in the hair or beard due to a parasite. In Izal (N), they described a disease known as ''basasos'', whose symptom is hair loss. They believed in that location that ringworm was transmitted by the sheep. In Ainhoa (L), as Azkue pointed out at the start of the 20<sup>th</sup> 20th century, it was said that you should not touch the wren, ''erregexupita'', as that caused ringworm, ''azteria''<ref>Resurrección Mª de AZKUE. ''Euskalerriaren Yakintza''. Madrid: 1935, p. 113.</ref>.
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