News had its own arrival day

In the Parish Memories of 1758, Vila Nune’s vicar says residents used the postal services at Raposeira, in the couto of Refojos, and at Mondim. Mail arrived from Porto on Mondays and left on Thursdays. News had its own routes and days: communication also meant waiting.

The vicar placed each postal point about one league away. The detail connects service with distance: knowing when news arrived was not enough; residents also depended on a place outside the parish. The account does not say who carried letters between that point and each resident.

Comparing the documents reveals a difference: Santa Senhorinha also used Raposeira, but its abbot gives Tuesday as the arrival day. We retain both versions. These answers alone cannot tell us whether the difference comes from how the service was described, an error or another circumstance.