Main Piece: Proverb “La famiglia è la patria del cuore” Translation: “The family is the home of the heart” Background info: Informant is Italian American with family from Italy who use Italian proverbs. She learned while spending time with her grandmother who would often say it when she was pleased that she could spend time with… Continue Reading »
Main piece: Proverb “Salud Chindon” Translation: “Good health for a hundred years” Background Information: Why does the informant know this piece? Her family is Italian American and uses this proverb. Where did the informant learn this piece? She learned it from her family who uses the proverb when drinking or making toasts. What does it… Continue Reading »
Interviewer: Could you tell me about a superstition you have learned from your family in Alabama? AC: Yes, one in particular that my family took and uses is we have our ceilings in our rooms painted blue. Interviewer: What’s the reasoning for that? AC: The superstition behind it is that people believe that if your… Continue Reading »
Interviewer: Is there any fairy tales, legends or myths, you have learned from your Italian side of the family? LC: Yes, I know one called the “ass that lays money very well”. So the story goes that there was a very poor woman who lived only with her young son. When she and her son… Continue Reading »
Interviewer: Do you have any other Italian folktales? LC: Yes another one I really like was called “The Clever Girl”. It was about a girl who came from a very poor family that lived on a farm. When the girl was a baby she was kissed by a fairy who blessed her with wit and… Continue Reading »