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It is another legend – of the many! – featuring an enchanted Moorish woman imprisoned in a castle, who is pitied by a woman that gives her a drink and, in return, receives some coals that transform into gold coins.
It was from the oak gall – or 'gall-nut', as they called it – that the ink used for a long time to write on parchment was extracted. Today, a legend is told that involves oak galls and an enchanted Moorish maiden.
