17.09.2010

Credenze popolari 
( Campania – zona dell’Irpinia )

IL SALE ROVESCIATO

Rovesciare il sale sul tavolo non porta soltanto disgrazie a scadenza immediata, ma chi lo rovescia, dopo morto sarà condannato per 7 anni, in purgatorio, a raccoglierlo con le ciglia. Granello per granello.

Popular beliefs

(Campagna, around Irpinia)

SPILLED SALT

Spilling salt on the table not only brings immediate bad luck, but, who ever has spilled it will be condemned for 7 years, in purgatory, to gather it up with their eyelashes. Grain by grain. 

purgatory |ˈpərgəˌtôrē|noun ( pl. -ries)(in Roman Catholic doctrine) a place or state ofsuffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who areexpiating their sins before going to heaven.• mental anguish or suffering : this was purgatory, worse than anything she'd faced in her life.adjective archaichaving the quality of cleansing or purifying : infernalpunishments are purgatory and medicinal.DERIVATIVESpurgatorial |ˌpərgəˈtôrēəl| adjectiveORIGIN Middle English : from Anglo-Norman Frenchpurgatorie or medieval Latin purgatorium, neuter(used as a noun) of late Latin purgatorius ‘purifying,’from the verb purgare (see purge ).