Not sure if anyone's posted this link before, but while I was chasing down some of my Torresi ancestors that moved to other comunes... I came across this fantastic site for Greci.
Italians have a long and deep-rooted tradition of beliefs about luck and things that give either good or bad luck. In Italy there are colloquial names for bad luck. Think of:"sfiga" or "jella" (read it as "yella), but the most scary thing for millions of Italians is "Il Malocchio", which translate ...
