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| - | + | Like many Mediterraneans, [[Maria and Nicola Elia|Maria Elia]] was an ardent believer in the malocchio, the Evil Eye. Infants and the elderly were especially susceptible; intentionally or unintentionally if one were glanced at by a person afflicted with jealousy or other disreputable emotions, the victim of the malocchio would suffer sickness. She would advise her children and grandchildren that a hand gesture, the manu cornuto, could ward off the malocchio, but this gesture was itself fraught with spiritual dangers. Maria could diagnose the evil eye by noting if olive oil dripped in water took the form of an eye; and could cure it with recitation of prayers, confirmed when the oil no longer formed at the top of the bowl. [http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html More information]. | |
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| + | [[Rose Modica]] went to school until she was 14, and then began working at the [[Norwich Knitting Mill]] (an employer of many Elias). Because she was underage, her boss asked her to hide in the ladies restroom whenever the male inspectors came to look over the factory's operation. | ||
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| + | Having named her first daughter after her mother Angela, and her second daughter after her father Michele, [[Marie Barbarossa]] resorted to thumbing through movie magazines as she looked forward to another daughter. Movie star Debra Padget's name struck her as pretty - and thus [[Debra Dorward|Debra Barbarossa (Dorward)]] was named. | ||
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2006 Did You Know? Features
December
Like many Mediterraneans, Maria Elia was an ardent believer in the malocchio, the Evil Eye. Infants and the elderly were especially susceptible; intentionally or unintentionally if one were glanced at by a person afflicted with jealousy or other disreputable emotions, the victim of the malocchio would suffer sickness. She would advise her children and grandchildren that a hand gesture, the manu cornuto, could ward off the malocchio, but this gesture was itself fraught with spiritual dangers. Maria could diagnose the evil eye by noting if olive oil dripped in water took the form of an eye; and could cure it with recitation of prayers, confirmed when the oil no longer formed at the top of the bowl. More information.
November
Rose Modica went to school until she was 14, and then began working at the Norwich Knitting Mill (an employer of many Elias). Because she was underage, her boss asked her to hide in the ladies restroom whenever the male inspectors came to look over the factory's operation.
October
Having named her first daughter after her mother Angela, and her second daughter after her father Michele, Marie Barbarossa resorted to thumbing through movie magazines as she looked forward to another daughter. Movie star Debra Padget's name struck her as pretty - and thus Debra Barbarossa (Dorward) was named.
