 Among the workers, this association, coupled with required long-term labor and high taxes, gained her the nickname ""Prokleta Jerina"" ("Damned Jerina").The amount of effort exerted also produced a variety of exaggerations and stories, such as the epic poem ""Starina Novak i knez Bogosav"" ("Elder Novak and Count Bogosav"), which stated that many people fled to the woods and became hajduci in order to escape taxes and further work.While there were in fact hajduci in the area, it is unclear whether they were actually related to the fortress' construction.