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English[en]
The inhabitants of Lumbier are generally erroneously referred to as "gatos" ('cats'); the correct expression is "ahorcagatos" (cat-hangers'), which dates back to the Spanish War of Independence, when a number of French sympathisers from Madrid ("cats") were caught trying to flee to France and they were hung here.
Spanish[es]
A los de Lumbier se les suele llamar generalmente "gatos", de forma equivocada; el término correcto es "ahorcagatos", que proviene de la Guerra de Independencia Española, cuando varios afrancesados de Madrid ("gatos") fueron descubiertos en su huida a Francia y fueron ahorcados en esta localidad.