Old stories of Sicily
Stories, traditions and folklore of Sicily
Giuseppe Sorbello • September 14
Sicily used to have got some very old laws. One in particular was stating that in case of serious illness or after three days of intense sickness
Giuseppe Sorbello • August 3
When the disease was prevailing and the sick man’s life was quickly fading away, relatives used to put decorations in the house
Giuseppe Sorbello • July 18
The corpse was blessed by the attended priest, then cleansed and attired in the most fashionable clothes owed and occasionally along with some
Giuseppe Sorbello • Juny 21
The act of putting a coin in the corpse’s mouth was something very common in Sicily in ancient times. Talismans were put on the dead’s hands
Giuseppe Sorbello • May 4
Dead children were enveloped in a tiny white dress with a red ribbon belt fastened on the waist. Wax candles were lighted up around the child corpse.
Giuseppe Sorbello • April 10
Once the body passes away, the soul leaves the corpse and goes to the Heaven or sinks into hell to be doomed forever. Some people used to find the souls
