Volume 1

An account of the manners and customs of Italy; with observations on the mistakes of some travellers. With regard to that country / By Joseph Baretti.

  • Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti
Date:
1768
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the manners and customs of Italy; with observations on the mistakes of some travellers. With regard to that country / By Joseph Baretti. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r 3ox ] moft commonly give their names fome diminutive termination, which, according to the genius of our language, makes them ludicrous or mean ; or we call them by fome derifory nick-name, which is ftill worfe. Thus for inftance iignor Man- zoli is generally called Succianoci, that is. Nut-fucker, for his playing fome trick in his finging like that of fucking a walnut, fignora Gabrieli is fcarcely known in Italy but by the nick-name of La Coghetta, the little cook, becaufe fhe was the daughter of a cook; and lignora Agujari is termed * La B afar della, the little bajlard, becaufe Hie was a foundling : thus our dancers are feldom known but by the appellations of Gambadiferro, Iron-kg ; Spaccatavole, Board-cleaver; Schizzetta, Flat-nofe, and the like, which always imply contempt and derihon. Thofe who have read the Confcious Lovers, or feen it adted, when they read this account will probably think that in point of manners the Italians have not yet