Subject:	Re: Stregheria & Sicily
From:	Dexippus@--------
Date:	Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:22:05 EST

In a message dated 98-10-30 21:54:39 EST, you write:

<< Leland's Aradia and his "informant" Madalena are set in Northern
Italy, the Emiglia Romagna.
George Godfrey Leland did a lot of his "folkloric" work in the
Tuscan regions. >>

Yes...this is true. Italian witchcraft is not limited to Sicily. Though, in
today's modern times, Sicilians are more apt to know of a local Strega than
the more industrialized north.

--Dexippus

Subject:	Re: Stregheria & Sicily
From:	Ricci razenna@--------
Date:	Sun, 01 Nov 1998 19:09:21 -0800

> From: Dexippus@--------
>
> << Leland's Aradia and his "informant" Madalena are set in Northern
> Italy, the Emiglia Romagna.
> George Godfrey Leland did a lot of his "folkloric" work in the
> Tuscan regions. >>
>
> Yes...this is true. Italian witchcraft is not limited to Sicily. Though, in
> today's modern times, Sicilians are more apt to know of a local Strega than
> the more industrialized north.
>
> --Dexippus

Of course, paisan, of course. ;-)

Ericius