At the time of the celebration, the market in town was literally swarm with stalls and any sort of good could be easily purchased. Due to the importance of the celebration, and the fact that most goods were paid on the occasion of the festival, the Sardinian expression “a pagai a Santu Luxori!”, meaning that something is to be paid in the future (literally during the celebration), entered the common idiom.
During the celebration, the market was lively with vendors selling goods. The significance of the event and the custom of paying for goods on the festival day led to the popularization of the Sardinian saying "a pagai a Santu Luxori!", which means that something is to be paid for later during the celebration.