Books and territory / Piedmontese language

Voci e cose del vecchio Piemonte

Author:

Alberto Viriglio

Publication date:

1917

Alberto Viriglio is well-known for his works written in the language of Piedmont, and he is also one of the major authors of ‘L Birichin – Giornal Piemontéis, a magazine that encourages the diffusion the dialect and the regional literature. In this book, the author brings the reader back to Turin’s past and his most famous symbols through the abundant oral heritage of the region: anecdotes, idioms, recipes from the popular medicine and poetry in dialect. The protagonists of the story are characters from the common folk, described in their spontaneous day by day.

Chi è minacciato di bolletta esclama: “I peuss ’ndè a mangè su le giaire dë Stura”. Se un monello propone un cazzotto ad un collega, raro è che il destinatario non opponga: “Prima venta ch’it vade a lavete le man ’n Po e suvetie ’n Doira”. Chi smarrisca un oggetto e ne cerchi conto ode spesso rimbeccarglisi: “L’ài vëdulô sul pônt de Stura ch’a criava poca cura.

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