32-2: teniéndole a la mesa: inviting him to dinner.
32-3: se encontró con que: cf. note me encontré con que, p. 25, 4.
33-1: gallego: Galician. The province of Galicia lies in the northwest corner of Spain.
33-2: allá por el año: back in the year.
33-3: sapos y culebras y agua llovediza: i.e. popular remedies not recognized in the legitimate materia medica.