From 1638 to 1641, a terrible epidemic raged through the locality, claiming many victims. The disease was so contagious that people no longer dared to bring the dead to church; they were buried immediately in the corner of a field or garden, under a heap of earth and quicklime; a large square granite stone cross was erected on top of the grave (there are quite a few of these memorials at the entrances to large villages and along the roadsides).
