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During the night and throughout the next day, as many as 5000 more Castilians were killed by the neighbouring towns ' villagers ; according to Portuguese tradition surrounding the battle, there was a woman called Brites de Almeida, the Padeira of Aljubarrota ( the baker-woman of Aljubarrota ), said to be very tall, strong, and to possess six fingers on each hand, who ambushed and killed by herself eight Castilian soldiers as they stormed her bakery in the town of Aljubarrota itself.

This story in particular is clouded in legend and hearsay.

But the popular intervention in the massacre of Castilian troops after the battle is, nevertheless, historical and typical of battles in this period.