From Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. Laval
Part 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos)
047. La Mujer Larga (The Tall Woman)
From the Cemetery of Paredones (in the province of Curicó, district of Vichuquén), a very tall woman emerges at midnight [everyday]. When someone approaches her, she shrinks and her petticoat rustles. At the first crow of the rooster, she returns to her grave.
—– VOCABULARY —–
Achicarse – (to be frightened) to be intimidated; (to be reduced) to become smaller
Achicar – (to reduce) to make smaller; to take in (clothing); (to draw out water) to bail out, to bale out, to pump out; (to frighten) to intimidate, to browbeat
Crujir – (to make noise) to creak (stairs or wood), to rustle (leaves, paper, cloth), to crackle (firewood), to crunch (food, gravel, snow), to grind (teeth); (to cause to make a sharp sound) to crack (articulation or bone)
Crujirse – (to cause to make a sharp sound) to crack (articulation or bone)
Enagua – (female underwear) petticoat, underskirt; (old-fashioned) (clothing) skirt
Enaguar – to drench