Poncha-Legend

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Poncha - Legende


Many years ago, according to a Poncha legend, there is supposed to have been a quarrel between a local and a Briton in Câmara de Lobos. A boxing match should decide the matter.

The Briton had prepared himself with a sip of whiskey, the Madeirens had his glass of poncha in the blood. A colossal fist punch made the British go down.

„What a punch, aaaah" he is said to have lamented after his revival, hence the name Poncha