AVVIZZENE A SDIVIZZANNE È DUPPLE LU MALANNE.
(TO ACCUSTOM AND TO WEAN IS TWICE AS BAD)
TO ACCUSTOM ONESELF TO SOMETHING AND THEN TO TRY TO DO WITHOUT IT IS TWICE AS BAD. HABITS ARE HARD TO CHANGE.
AUOIE È SANTE FIDELE, NIN È LA IURNATE D'AIERE.
(TODAY IS ST. FEDELE, NOT YESTERDAY)
FEDELE DA SIGMARINGA WAS A FRANCISCAN, WELL-KNOW FOR HIS IDEAS IN FAVOR OF THE DEMANDS FOR AUTONOMY CARRIED OUT BY THE GRIGIONE FARMERS AGAINST THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR. THIS RESULTED IN HIS BEING DESPISED BY SOME RULER, WHO HAD HIM ASSASSINATED IN 1622.
IN FALLO, AS IN ALL TOWNS WHERE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF SUSTENANCE WAS WORKING THE LAND, FARM LIFE OFTEN ENTAILED HARD LABOR.
THE REFERENCE IN THIS PROVERB TO ST. FEDELE AS SYMBOL OF A BATTLE AGAINST EXPLOITATION IS VERY CLEAR.
ST. FEDELE IS CELEBRATED ON APRIL 24TH.
