WISDOM AND FOLKLORE, OLD SAYINGS AND MYTHS

Never cut a loaf of Italian bread upside down
Don't put new shoes on a table
Always bring a loaf of bread to a new home
Never leave a knife and fork crossed on an empty dinner plate

If we put all our crosses and sufferings in a large room, we would choose our own
(Generously submitted by F. Vitale)

L’ospite e come il pesce - doppo tre giorne – Puzza!
Guests are like fish – after 3 days – they stink!
Piu conosco gli uomini a pia amo le bastie!
The more I understand men – the more I love Beasts!
Il denaro makes a man rich – L’Educazione lo fa sinnora
Money makes a man rich. Education makes him a gentleman!
L’amore fa passare il tempo; Il tempo fa passare l’amore!
Love makes time go by and time lets love go by!
A casa mia if padrone sono io ma chi comanda e mia maglia!
In my house I am the owner but the one who rules is my wife!
La vipera che morsico mia suogera mori avvelenata!
The snake that bit my mother-in-law died from poison.
Se ogni becco fosse un lampion misericordia che illuminazion.
If every beak was a lamp what a miraculous illumination.
Signore benedici chi non mi fa perdere tempo!
God bless those who keep me from wasting time!
(Generously submitted by Orlando and Mary
Miglioretti)

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