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Hey watsup my names stefano, im goin to RP High School for my 3rd year now. Im 100% italian nd i bet u wish u were 2, i really wish i was in italy instead of here nd i love soccer is my life (even though i suck) and I play tennis and all other sports. i like to just chill nd hang out w/ cool people nd when i can i get wasted. And il meet anyone who wants to meet me. Wanna know more? message me@ rpsnozking, ciao...

And Now A Little Insite To Italian Myths and Beliefs

Every culture has its myths and beliefs. In Italy, these superstitions were often specialized by region. Still, concepts like luckgood or badand fear of dead spirits were universal to the Italian peasant community. How these concepts were handled makes up a fascinating part of Italian folklore.To hear a cat sneeze was supposedly good luck for all who heard it. On the other hand, to have birds in the house was unlucky. Some people extended this ban to bird feathers as wellespecially peacock feathers, because they appeared to have the evil eye on them.The idea of maloccio (literally, evil eye) permeates Italian superstition. The hand sign of extending your pinkie and index finger, while keeping the others folded back, is supposed to ward off the evil spirit that someone has put on you. Wearing a tiny horn-shaped charm (the corno) around your neck is another way to eliminate evil curses.Strangely, the evil spirit can be something as simple as a compliment. If someone tells you your baby is beautiful, the fates have been tempted. You must make the horn sign to protect your child. Did it work? Sprinkle drops of oil in a bowl of holy water. If the oil stays in drops, youre okay. If the oil spreads outbig trouble. (To keep things interesting, some folks believe that if the oil stays in one blob, THATS the evil eye.)Another strange belief is that nuns are unlucky. Superstitious Italians try to touch iron (kind of like knocking on wood) immediately after seeing a nun, in order to preserve their good fortune. Or they may mutter Your nun! at the next person they see, thereby passing on the bad luck to someone else. The Sister Act, a modern-day Italian rap group led by Sister Alessandra Luna, is trying to change this belief. Theyve recorded a 12-track album titled Your Nun! featuring the cover song, Your Nun! Touch Iron.After-death rituals were directed at keeping the dead persons spirit from returning. While you might grieve for the deceased and miss them, you really didnt want them to come visiting in their spirit state. A circuitous route was always taken by those carrying the coffin to the cemeteryand survivors made sure to return home by another route. This was thought to confuse the dead. Salt was sometimes placed under the dead persons head, to the same end. Including the deceaseds favorite items (cigarettes, lighter, small change, etc.) in the coffin was also believed to keep them from returningto retrieve their treasured possessions. If you forgot some item, it was sometimes included in the next dead persons casketassuming that the first deceased and the second would meet up in the hereafter.So wear your corno, and buona fortuna to you all! (Touch iron.)