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or just to a best friend, with no reference to any ritual. The expression is in use particularly in southern Spain. In medieval
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is a term used as an informal manner of address between any two, usually elderly, male acquaintances. In
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celebration; and, in Peru, sponsorship of a ritual first haircut ceremony that normally takes place when a child turns three years old.
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