Folktales of Sicily
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Sicily has a wealth of folk and fairy tales. Some of them are retold here.
Opening
Stories and Jests
Don Firriulieddu
Pitidda
The Sexton's Nose
Godmother Fox
The Cat and the Mouse
The Cock Who Wished to Become Pope
The Thoughtless Abbot
With the Scissors
The Doctor's Apprentice
Firrazzanu's Wife and the Queen
Giufà and the Plaster Statue
Giufà and the Judge
Eat, My Clothes!
The Sound of a Screech-owl
Lots of Food and Money
Making Linen by Night
Smithy Work
The Crucifix
Figs from Heaven
A Little Whistle
Peter Fullone and the Egg
Uncle Capriano
The Clever Peasant
From the Stone Throne
One Who Won by the Help of a Woodsman Won the King's Daughter
Fairy Tales
The King of Love
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple and the Speaking Bird
The Fair Angiola
The Cistern
Snow-White Fire-Red
Thirteenth
The Stepmother
Water and Salt
The Bucket
The Shepherd Who Made the King's Daughter Laugh
Don Aldino Pear
The Peasant and the Master
The Ungrateful Ones
The Treasure
The Three Pieces of Advice
The Mason and His Son
The Left-Hand Squire
The Enchanting Doll
How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter
The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife
The Two Brothers
How The Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro
How to Find Out a True Friend
Don Giovanni de la Fortuna
The Cunning Shoemaker
The Story of Ciccu
Catherine and Her Fate
The Golden Lion
Legends and Ghost Stories
Sunnie, Stony and Some Others
In This World One Weeps and Another Laughs
What the Pope Should Know
Restless Buttadeu
Crivòliu
St. James of Galicia
St. Onirià or Nerià
The Hermit
Joseph the Just
The Baker's Apprentice
Occasion
Brother Giovannone
Viceroy Tunny
There is an abundance of olive trees in Sicily. They are small evergreen trees, typically with gnarled and twisted tree trunks. In May the trees begin to bloom, and in early November olives are harvested.
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