The Herd of Mares from Comalapa

 "A legend that every inhabitant knows and affirms is not a tale but the truth, is that at the beginning of the last century, from the Cerro de La Cruz, located in front of the town, a herd of mares in heat would come down to neigh in the square, located in front of the old church.

It is said that they were the witches of the San Francisco community who came to meet their lovers.

But one day, the parish priest of the town went up with a group of parishioners to place three crosses at the top of the hill to calm the beasts. Since then, the mares no longer come down to the town, although some night owls claim that they sometimes hear the neighing of the famous fillies in the distance."

Fragment from "Comalapa, pueblo de leyendas y personajes" Orlando Valenzuela - La Prensa