Sicily Scene

Can there be anyone who doesn't like Baci Perugina? I often buy just one in the bar, to see, from the saying or proverb inside, if thi...

A little light relief is needed and it's ages since we had a proverbs quiz, so why not have a go at matching these seasonal proverbs in ...

Just back [details coming later in the week] and I find that Sicily can still surprise me, for I had never seen these on sale before: ...

Bertie-Pierrine has taken the Italian proverb  "una mela al giorno toglie il medico di torno" - the equivalent of " a...

Most Modicans have a house in the countryside or at the beach, to which they repair in hot weather, and my neighbour upstairs is no excepti...

I have been fighting a cold for a few days - ever since, on Saturday, we experienced what Sicilians term "a hurricane" but wo...

I've never been to the town of Misterbianco in Catania Province although its name has always fascinated me. Disappointingly, it only me...

Today is the   festa  of Santa Lucia and, for those of you who do not know her story, here is an edited version of a post of mine about her...

Some words of Chinese wisdom spotted in a Modica shop window: "There is a time to fish and a time to dry the nets." Most...

Some friends of mine who are watchmakers were opening a new store so I made them a "clock" Tipsy Cake .  The sugar flowers that w...

Here is a  proverbs quiz for the evening of International Women's Day.  Just match the proverbs and one saying, 1 - 6, with their ...

Carni e pisci, a vita ti crisci - Meat and fish prolong your life. - Sicilian proverb If the above proverb has any truth in it, my ...

According to statistics released last week Sicilian women may now expect to live until they are 83 and men until  they are 78. This represe...

During my study of Sicilian proverbs, I have become very interested in the ones that have near equivalents in English or French, and how the...

There are times when we would all like to insult someone but usually it's better if we don't.  There's nothing to stop us think...

Every two weeks, the blogosphere comes alive with something called a   Blog Off .  A   Blog Off  is an event where bloggers of every str...

myspace layouts Some proverbs for this time of year for you tonight.  See if you can match the proverbs 1 - 6 with their meanings a - f.  ...

At the end of a week in which the weather has gone from a three-day hurricane to what would be regarded as a heatwave in Britain, here is a ...

A paisi unni chi vai, comu vidi fari fai. - Sicilian proverb When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When Fabio Capello was appointed manager ...

Every two weeks, the blogosphere comes alive with something called a  Blog Off . A Blog Off is an event where bloggers of every stripe wei...