Violence against the Jewish quarter of León, then in the area of Puente Castro [es], during the 12th century by Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile and Peter II of Aragon forced the city's Jews to resettle in the Santa Ana neighborhood.

By the 15th century, Christian resentment in León over debts, loans owed to Jews, and general antisemitic fervor after the Black Death commonly led to violence against the Jewish population during Holy Week.

[5] According to the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain, the name referred to public executions of Jews at show trials at Eastertime during the Middle Ages.

[4] According to tradition, celebrants drink 33 glasses of lemonade between Friday of Sorrows and Easter Sunday, in commemoration of the age at which Jesus Christ died.

[1] In the region of El Bierzo, locals will use the toast, "Salir a matar judíos" -- "Let's go kill the Jews"—while drinking Leonese lemonade during Holy Week.

[3] The tradition has also been linked to the Spanish expression, "Limonada que trasiego, judío que pulverizo" ("Lemonade I drink, the Jew I pulverize").

For example, until the 1950s in Girona, children would go into the streets on Holy Saturday and make noise with pots, wooden utensils, drums, whistles, and trumpets as part of the celebration.