It had its laws, its oaths, its formulae--it had almost its cabala.

Any one nowadays wishing to know all about the Comprachicos need only go into Biscaya or Galicia; there were many Basques among them, and it is in those mountains that one hears their history.

To this day the Comprachicos are spoken of at Oyarzun, at Urbistondo, at Leso, at Astigarraga.

_Aguardate nino, que voy a llamar al Comprachicos_--Take care, child, or I'll call the Comprachicos--is the cry with which mothers frighten their children in that country.
The Comprachicos, like the Zigeuner and the Gipsies, had appointed places for periodical meetings.

From time to time their leaders conferred together.