the legend tells that in the year 2000, a man of the family sampaio, whose descendants still live in the village, coming from the fair of vilar de maçada, brought with him some meat. suddenly, he was followed by a pack of wolves and he became very scared, because he realized that the wolves were very hungry. when he arrived near the village, the wolves began to close the circle. when he saw himself lost, he got off his horse and knelt and asked the lord of the afflicted to save him from the wolves. at this moment, the dogs in the house of mr. sampaio began barking anxiously and the wife of the man let them go. they ran fast to the place where the man was and drove the wolves away. in recognition, he built a cross where he asked the lord to help. a few days later, one of the dogs appeared, all hurt.