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Tobes is a beautiful village situated on a small hill, belonging to the municipality of Sienes, province of Guadalajara (Spain). In earlier times it belonged to Villacorza.
About twenty houses, all built with tuff stone, made up the village. About eight ovens came to be in the village for the preparation of bread.
They never had electric light, the oil and petroleum lamps, as well as the oil lanterns or lanterns were their sources of illumination.
Oak wood mainly and to a lesser extent oak was used to make the fire with which to heat the kitchens on cold winter days.
Their lands were dedicated to the cultivation of wheat, barley, chickpeas and lentils mainly, having flocks of sheep in relation to livestock. Sheep that were dedicated to the breeding of the lamb, to be sold to butchers of Sigüenza, Guadalajara and Almazán. A trader from Valdelcubo appeared periodically by Tobes to buy lambs.
Between two and three pigs were used to kill in each house in order to have meat for the whole year.
To grind the grain they went to the mills that were in Valdelcubo (three) in the course of the river of the Berral.
They also had to go to Sienes to request from the blacksmith any matter related to this trade.
The priest (Don Matías) rode on a mare every week (other times every two weeks) from the village of Sienes to officiate at the religious services. He said Mass first in Querencia, then in Tobes and finally in Sienes.
The doctor came from the village of Imón.
From Sienes the practitioner did it.
The postman came from Riba de Santiuste, first on foot and then on motorbike.
The big feast was the 14th of September in honour of the Virgen de los Dolores. They celebrated for three days, where there was a mass and a procession through the town. It was customary to kill a lamb or a kid to share with family and friends from outside and ended with the dance in the square, animated by musicians from the town of Conquezuela Soriano, with string instruments (guitar, violin and lute).
From Sienes, Villacorza and Querencia were the towns from where the youngest people came to take part in the festival.
On August 28 they had another feast day for St. Augustine and also on the Sunday following Corpus Christi.
The games of cards and the fronton were the basic entertainments of the nozzles in the moments of leisure.
To Sigüenza they generally moved on Wednesdays and Saturdays, which were market days. They used to go walking or with some cavalry. They used four hours to get to the regional capital. They used to buy all kinds of products that were not in Tobes, from fish to utensils or clothes.
For smaller purchases they went to the nearby town of Sienes where there was a shop and they bought rice, wine or sugar among other products.
If they wanted to take the car of line they had to go walking up to La Riba de Santiuste.
Due to the lack of infrastructure (electricity and water), and the search for a better future offered by the big cities, the neighbors went mainly to Madrid, Barcelona, Guadalajara and Sigüenza.
Tobes was left empty in 1973 when Florentino Hervás and María Dolores Rodrigo, who had been living alone in the village for a year, closed their house and left for the nearby town of La Barbolla.
Today a Canadian has bought most of the town's buildings in order to turn it into a rural tourism center, but the matter is currently parked until more favorable times come.
About twenty houses, all built with tuff stone, made up the village. About eight ovens came to be in the village for the preparation of bread.
They never had electric light, the oil and petroleum lamps, as well as the oil lanterns or lanterns were their sources of illumination.
Oak wood mainly and to a lesser extent oak was used to make the fire with which to heat the kitchens on cold winter days.
Their lands were dedicated to the cultivation of wheat, barley, chickpeas and lentils mainly, having flocks of sheep in relation to livestock. Sheep that were dedicated to the breeding of the lamb, to be sold to butchers of Sigüenza, Guadalajara and Almazán. A trader from Valdelcubo appeared periodically by Tobes to buy lambs.
Between two and three pigs were used to kill in each house in order to have meat for the whole year.
To grind the grain they went to the mills that were in Valdelcubo (three) in the course of the river of the Berral.
They also had to go to Sienes to request from the blacksmith any matter related to this trade.
The priest (Don Matías) rode on a mare every week (other times every two weeks) from the village of Sienes to officiate at the religious services. He said Mass first in Querencia, then in Tobes and finally in Sienes.
The doctor came from the village of Imón.
From Sienes the practitioner did it.
The postman came from Riba de Santiuste, first on foot and then on motorbike.
The big feast was the 14th of September in honour of the Virgen de los Dolores. They celebrated for three days, where there was a mass and a procession through the town. It was customary to kill a lamb or a kid to share with family and friends from outside and ended with the dance in the square, animated by musicians from the town of Conquezuela Soriano, with string instruments (guitar, violin and lute).
From Sienes, Villacorza and Querencia were the towns from where the youngest people came to take part in the festival.
On August 28 they had another feast day for St. Augustine and also on the Sunday following Corpus Christi.
The games of cards and the fronton were the basic entertainments of the nozzles in the moments of leisure.
To Sigüenza they generally moved on Wednesdays and Saturdays, which were market days. They used to go walking or with some cavalry. They used four hours to get to the regional capital. They used to buy all kinds of products that were not in Tobes, from fish to utensils or clothes.
For smaller purchases they went to the nearby town of Sienes where there was a shop and they bought rice, wine or sugar among other products.
If they wanted to take the car of line they had to go walking up to La Riba de Santiuste.
Due to the lack of infrastructure (electricity and water), and the search for a better future offered by the big cities, the neighbors went mainly to Madrid, Barcelona, Guadalajara and Sigüenza.
Tobes was left empty in 1973 when Florentino Hervás and María Dolores Rodrigo, who had been living alone in the village for a year, closed their house and left for the nearby town of La Barbolla.
Today a Canadian has bought most of the town's buildings in order to turn it into a rural tourism center, but the matter is currently parked until more favorable times come.
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