is not my habit to cite other people's blogs, but this time I will make a exception. In the blog of Rosa Díez, yesterday's post on August 18, is entitled "A GOOD HOURS, green mango ... " and begins: " They say that this saying comes from a popular statement that was repeated whenever the civil guard came when the robbers had already fled after committing a robbery. It seems that it was so common that the "green sleeves" were greeted so often. And so the story was for the sentence which gives the welcome to people (or initiatives) that arrive too late. "
Again I have to correct the information handled by the President of UPyD. I do not know if the error is of harvesting or any of its employees and she passed as well. I will not refer to faulty spelling or punctuation, that is, but to the "green sleeves" are not members of the Guardia Civil. The term does not derive from any of her or his uniform, or indeed of an alleged late attendance when needed.
There are two possible origins of the term, dating from the XV and XVI. Most expert opinion believes that this is the body of the Brotherhood, established by the Catholic Monarchs and apparently slow in their work. Another possibility points to Tercio Viejo de Lombardy, whose corslets (soldiers with light armor, also called corselet, chest) wearing suit with green sleeves and came three days apparently late to the scene of a battle, name unknown.
In any event, unwise, unnecessary and undesirable has been referred to the Civil Guard.
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