What a beautiful and emotional video! Grazie di cuore, Ysha. Mi sono commossa con te. Con il tempo, le persone e il dolore che hanno inflitto svaniscono nel passato, come un incubo ricorrente che avevamo, o una storia accaduta a qualcun altro. Le persone che ci hanno amato e il loro amore è nostro per l'eternità. xo
Grazie Grace per avermi fatto ricordare tutte le cose belle senza dovermi più curare di quelle brutte ❤️ se mi avessero mai detto che avrei guardato con nostalgia al mio paesino non ci avrei mai creduto, ma nel fare questo video con l'ispirazione del tuo libro mi sono trovata più di una volta ad avere gli occhi lucidi. L'importante è che siamo sopravvissute e quello che conta c'è lo portiamo dentro. E fanculo a chi ci vuole male 😉
To answer your question on Lourdes' water : yes, you can buy it in religious (catholic, monastery, nunnery,...) shops here in Belgium and in France (and probably in other countries too !). It's also free when you go to the sanctuary of Lourdes. Very interesting video on folk magic, thank you !
I learned from a Japanese Buddhist friend recently, that one of the most common hand gestures seen on statues there expresses both giving and receiving: The raised right hand receives sin, the upturned left hand offers blessing, and the combination purifies the observer. I just thought it's an interesting contrast that they follow the opposite pattern to the Italian version of the right (dominant) hand giving and the left receiving. Enjoying this video. Thank you for it!
My maternal grandfather was Sicilian and my maternal grandmother was from Mexico, so I still have fondness for Our Lady and her imagery, even though I haven't been Catholic for a very long time, hehe. Other practices never made it down to me, so I really enjoy learning about these from your videos!
I'm so glad it can be useful to either reminisce or hey, maybe find something that feels familiar even if we don't quite know why. I have this feeling that there's a lot of common ground between Italian and mexican folk magic!
@@activistwitch Some things definitely have deep appeal to me, like rosemary and card reading. I think there are a lot of similarities with Mexican and Italian folk magic, both with Catholic-derived practices like saints and candles, and things like honoring ancestors with ofrendas.
@@CatApocalypse oh yes ofrendas! I don't know how culturally accurate something like Disney's Coco is but it's as close as the celebrations we used to do in my village on the 1st and 2nd of November!!! Going to clean up and adorn the gravestones of our dead, ready for the priest going around the cemetery and Giving blessings. We stopped just a step short of bringing food offerings of what they used to like 🥲
Hi this is such a good vid. I'm at the part where Mary Grace says to gargle with salt water & barley water. I'm Afro-Caribbean & this is also a practice in Hoodoo. Plus a few other ingredients. My mothers favorite " boil water for mint or black tea add fresh squeezed lemon & honey & a shot of rum after you drink the tea. It knocks out the sore throat & the start of a cold. Also if I spilled salt she would say toss some over your shoulder to throw it in the devils eyes. To ward off negativity lastly as a child my father used to give me a swig of his beer to keep worms away. There are some Many Hoodoo practices that come to mind. Hiccups put a piece of brown paper bag on the forehead. For good luck a horseshoe by the front door on the wall. For blessings the Lord's prayer & 23 Psalms hung on the wall in the bedroom. I still say the Lord's prayer & 23 Psalms daily. And light candles to my ancestors almost daily. Many Blessings thanks for this vid. 🙏🏾
Asa Benedict,I relate 110%,being of Italian/Sicilian descent and a practitioner and Santero Priest for 37years,also an Ordained Spiritualist Minister for Over 50years.I also have Romany Ancestry.I love you videos and yes I have Grace,s book,I refer to it many times.I love her as well as your videos,keep up the good work.Auguri e grazia mile.Un abbraccio forte.Blessed be
lovely presentation. perhaps being born on 17 th ( re 'i have lived"} you can utilise to 'Born before! " some early christians believed in re-incarnation.! .
Another amazing and informative video as always 🐺💗🏳️⚧️ 8:00 I love antique keys! I wear one I found around my neck as a symbol of my matron, Hecate. Ngl... I do find it interesting how you've been talking so openly about wanting to face your fear of death and then you suddenly come across a key with good vibes.... Keys are often associated with Hecate, and she is a goddess known to help people work with both fear and death/necromancy. Not saying it is her but like IT DO BE KINDA IRONIC THO 👀👀👀👀
Honestly Eddie, it was my first thought too! You're the fifth person now that has said the same "might be Hecate calling" but I Always though she's so badass and I'm such a pussy I never even dared thinking of working with Her. But maybe I really should 😉 do you have any advice of where to start if I were to?
@@activistwitch the TH-cam channel Keeping Her Keys has LOADS of informational videos on Hecate and different aspects of her. I'd check that out for some easily accessible resources on her.... but tbh? If that was your initial thought, I'd say odds are there's a good chance that's your intuition calling. And if that's the case, it seems like Hecate is already extending the hand to you by giving you this gift, and so I don't think there's any reason to wait to contact her other than personal preference. You work with deities so you already understand the basics of initiating communication, but other than that... I'd say wait until the next new moon and light a candle for her, maybe try scrying and ask what she's there to help you with? 🤷💗🗝
@@WolfsbaneWitch thank you for the ideas Eddie! I can definitely try something next week for new moon. Fun story was that after I found the rusty key I went to another charity shop, in the kitchen section where I usually head I found a single lonely HUGE silver / steel key, and my hugebi mean forearm length. I got it for less than 3 quid, apparently it's a traditional gift for people turning 21? But yeah, two huge keys one after the other 😅
@@activistwitch and as far as Hecate being "badass" in comparison to how you view yourself currently... I'd like to extend some comfort and maybe some inspiration to you because that (imo) is exactly why you could benifit from working with her. In my personal path, Hecate has taught me to overcome or come to terms with my fears, and become strong and confident in myself even within the midst of the unknown. I have learned that truly brave people aren't born that way; they learn how to be that way. It is natural to feel intimidated by things (or in this case, entities) that seem to have something powerful that you may feel you lack, but avoiding those things will not make you better equipped to obtain those traits, or understand them for yourself. Staying in place won't move anything forward. Moving forward into the dark can be scary, but Hecate holds a torch. No matter what you choose, just know you got this!
Ukrainian people believe in using a lot of garlic. I graggle with salt water for a sore throat or mouth issues. I also boil cinnamon lemon cloves water on the stove now I will add salt thank you
@Activist Witch Grazie mille per questo video! i miei genitori sono di Calabria…io sono nata e cresciuta negli Stati Uniti, mi considero una strega italiana del folk e della cucina (e lavoro anche con i santi) sfortunatamente non sono aperta al pubblico e so che sei qui mi dà tanta gioia! ti ho trovato grazie alla Chaotic Witch Aunt...Grandi abbracci Dio ti benedica!!! Much love to you and keep up the great videos! 💜🙏🏻
ma che gioia! benvenuta!!! sto pianificando un ulteriore video sulla mia infanzia tradizionale e specificatamente sulla parte cartomanzia spero entro fine mese! e wow, adoro Frankie, che onore se mi hai trovata grazie a loro!
I love this video, and Mary Grace's book! So glad you found one another & surprised it didn't happen sooner. I grew up (Italian - American in NYC) doing/believing many of these things "just because." By the time I thought to ask deep questions, the older generation was gone. I would *love* a video dedicated to ancestor practices. Turns out I've been doing versions for decades, just never called it that. Stay well!
I honestly believe that starting making videos was the excuse the universe gave me to finally embrace and delve more in my ancestral work and finding Grace has been such a crucial way to the healing process so that I can keep and enjoy the people and traditions I loved without being oppressed by all the other negative sides that... Well... Made me run away from Italy all those years ago. I will definitely make a proper video just on ancestral work and the "meditations" I've done to try and "talk" to them. It really is the part of my practice I love the most because it's all so connected to nostalgia of a simpler time in a ways when I was a child. Weren't things simpler eh?
I know what you mean. My grandparents passed away when I was still a child and held no interest to these things so I keep wondering what stories I missed
Hi Ysha! I've just found your videos... I love them! You are so engaging and great to listen to. And your home looks wonderful :). Thank you for sharing with us.
New subscriber! I found you via Mary Grace!!! (if she see's this comment she'll recognize the exclamation points LOL :) What a lovely video. I practice Hoodoo and see some of what I call echoes in our practices. I pulled a oracle card the other day whose title is Tradition and since then I have been in positions to learn about traditions, and this has given me some peace in a rocky time...2024 is kinda bumpy LOL! Best wishes and I can't wait to learn more.🥰
Grace is a true blessing of a friend and I count myself so lucky for the kindness she has shown me, and I'm glad it made you find this video too! I am so fascinated by Hoodoo practices for the little I've heard here and there I think the freezer spells and the turning paper clockwise / anticlockwide, folding towards or away from, I must have read on blogs / posts that I think might have been hoodoo. I am unclear though if it's considered a closed practice and because of that I haven't delved more into researching it, what is your take on the matter? Would you have any resources to suggest exactly to try and find those little traditions that I suspect hoodoo shared with Italian folk magic?
@@activistwitch Hugs, it's not a closed practice per se but it is an ancestral practice. So when you go to them, using Hoodoo be prepared if it's not part of your lineage for you ancestors to ask...what are you doing? Folkloric practices are within all of our histories. I would say, what did your ancestors practice, this is what they would recognize. I think we all have magical practices in our bloodlines and whatever gets you to start interacting with the Divine is wonderful but the one thing I have learned from Hoodoo. It's not what I know it's what they (my ancestors) knew that matters. I am Christian and so working with the Bible doesn't bother me BUT I don't go to my ancestors with a modern standards and say "The Gnostics had a different view of Christianity and being a witch isn't bad and this that and the other". Not that they wouldn't help me but I do think they would say what??? I speak to them like I would speak to my great grandmother, who did what we would call Magic but she would call Faith and Prayer.🥰. Is it Magic...of course....if it Faith and Prayer of course🥰. Like you said the Nonnas...they had power and you couldn't tell them nothing about God, Jesus, Mother Mary. You sat down and listened and just watched the miracles (in silence)🤣😚🥰😇
Thank you so much for such a detailed and clear response. I think I might eventually read about it but I do appreciate the walking in the steps of our ancestors, that definitely comes more natural, but once I'm in a solid place on my practice I'm sure the researcher in me will start reading at least about other traditions just because curiosity never leaves me 😉 thank you again so so much for this
I have the audiobook it's great. Do you know any Italian witchcraft books in Italian ? I am learning Italian, however I'm not at reading a book level yet. I would be interested in getting one ready and attending to read it to improve both my italian and witchcraft
I linked the one that carries he spell Grave mentioned in the video description, though I feel it's worth mentioning that Italian witchcraft in Italian is really most of the times in dialect so not ideal maybe if you're learning Italian. However side promo: a dear friend is doing a daily "tarot news" in Italian here ok TH-cam if you want to check it out @la_musifavolista She does it in the voice of a newsanchor so she uses just formal and proper Italian so that might be more accessible? th-cam.com/play/PLXYi-cwFhqr3CYoX6wG16CdDAOzjk6PAi.html&si=Kt5DKBvsy-iLHY_j
@@activistwitch thank you I subscribed , I thought that would be the case. Everyone in my family that does know about witchcraft in Italy tends to stick to Napulitano though obviously they understand Italian. However hard to learn Napulitano from the UK
Oh I lived in Italy for over a decade and still would have been lost trying to understand someone from Naples or Sicily speak without my friends from the area translating in Italian 😉 Italy it's all like that, it's part of the charm
@@activistwitch haha yeah it's strange how different they talk, they really different languages . My cousin said to learn standard Italian so I can speak to anyone and go over to learn Napulitano. Cause in theirp words "you learn it from the streets not from a book"
Fascinating! My maternal side all comes from Piedmont but my grandfather surname which was very unique and all people carrying it were indeed related to each other, was apparently from Sardinia!
I imagined so thanks for confirming that! I have a friend from Greece and she mentioned some things sounded familiar! I think some are shared with France too so might just be the old Mediterranean tradition that got around and was adapted but the cornerstone remains shared
Wonderful video Ysha !!! ❤❤❤ I learned soooo much !!!! I don't have Italian Roots ... just french & belgian, but my grandmother who lived in the french country told me " Never touch the wine or the butter when you're on your period, it will rot ! " 😅 I have always obey Her. But I Never knew why 😊 I'd like to see a video about your ancestral work❣️
To be honest Muriel I think there's a lot of contaminayat least with France. My little villa is in the Monferrato region of Piedmon and under Napoleon we were France for a good while at the beginning of the 1800s! In my first video on Italian Witchcraft I even found books by a french author that described traditions that I had I deed experienced in my little village too!
Oh that's good to know! I've been tempted to work with him but haven't come around doing it yet! Your experience sounds encouraging, thanks for sharing!
After going to Italy and watching Italian people argue I can see why the person in altercation acting justly could be the haughty card. Watching my horse instructor cuss a guy out with a off leash dog was the epitome of I say what the fuck I want
@@sarahdisorbo9279 not at all, trust me there's a reason why I can talk about Italy but haven't lived there in decades and no one appreciates it's faults and tries to shed light on them more than me 😉
Si tocca ferro in Italia, vero, io ho acquisito il "bussare sul legno" che è la versione anglosassone, perché "touch iron" di per sé non è un modo di dire qui 😅 anche se effettivamente il ferro, ogni strega ci concorda, è la protezione ultima (vedi la chiave che ho trovato settimana scorsa, post sulla community tab 😉)
What a beautiful and emotional video! Grazie di cuore, Ysha. Mi sono commossa con te. Con il tempo, le persone e il dolore che hanno inflitto svaniscono nel passato, come un incubo ricorrente che avevamo, o una storia accaduta a qualcun altro. Le persone che ci hanno amato e il loro amore è nostro per l'eternità. xo
Grazie Grace per avermi fatto ricordare tutte le cose belle senza dovermi più curare di quelle brutte ❤️ se mi avessero mai detto che avrei guardato con nostalgia al mio paesino non ci avrei mai creduto, ma nel fare questo video con l'ispirazione del tuo libro mi sono trovata più di una volta ad avere gli occhi lucidi. L'importante è che siamo sopravvissute e quello che conta c'è lo portiamo dentro. E fanculo a chi ci vuole male 😉
@@activistwitch 🤗🥰👹
Love learning about folk magic
Thank you for saying! In my experience some of these are so natural that I never even realised it was folk magic but indeed it is!
Oh, and that hat looks so good on you! My heart ❤🩹
Thank you 🥰
To answer your question on Lourdes' water : yes, you can buy it in religious (catholic, monastery, nunnery,...) shops here in Belgium and in France (and probably in other countries too !). It's also free when you go to the sanctuary of Lourdes.
Very interesting video on folk magic, thank you !
Thank you I had no idea!
As an Italian from Sardinia who lives in NYC...I so related to you and Mary Grace. Just subscribed so that I can learn from you. xoxo
I learned from a Japanese Buddhist friend recently, that one of the most common hand gestures seen on statues there expresses both giving and receiving: The raised right hand receives sin, the upturned left hand offers blessing, and the combination purifies the observer. I just thought it's an interesting contrast that they follow the opposite pattern to the Italian version of the right (dominant) hand giving and the left receiving.
Enjoying this video. Thank you for it!
thank you for sharing!
My maternal grandfather was Sicilian and my maternal grandmother was from Mexico, so I still have fondness for Our Lady and her imagery, even though I haven't been Catholic for a very long time, hehe. Other practices never made it down to me, so I really enjoy learning about these from your videos!
I'm so glad it can be useful to either reminisce or hey, maybe find something that feels familiar even if we don't quite know why. I have this feeling that there's a lot of common ground between Italian and mexican folk magic!
@@activistwitch Some things definitely have deep appeal to me, like rosemary and card reading. I think there are a lot of similarities with Mexican and Italian folk magic, both with Catholic-derived practices like saints and candles, and things like honoring ancestors with ofrendas.
@@CatApocalypse oh yes ofrendas! I don't know how culturally accurate something like Disney's Coco is but it's as close as the celebrations we used to do in my village on the 1st and 2nd of November!!! Going to clean up and adorn the gravestones of our dead, ready for the priest going around the cemetery and Giving blessings. We stopped just a step short of bringing food offerings of what they used to like 🥲
Hi this is such a good vid. I'm at the part where Mary Grace says to gargle with salt water & barley water. I'm Afro-Caribbean & this is also a practice in Hoodoo. Plus a few other ingredients. My mothers favorite " boil water for mint or black tea add fresh squeezed lemon & honey & a shot of rum after you drink the tea. It knocks out the sore throat & the start of a cold. Also if I spilled salt she would say toss some over your shoulder to throw it in the devils eyes. To ward off negativity lastly as a child my father used to give me a swig of his beer to keep worms away. There are some Many Hoodoo practices that come to mind. Hiccups put a piece of brown paper bag on the forehead. For good luck a horseshoe by the front door on the wall. For blessings the Lord's prayer & 23 Psalms hung on the wall in the bedroom. I still say the Lord's prayer & 23 Psalms daily. And light candles to my ancestors almost daily. Many Blessings thanks for this vid. 🙏🏾
It always amazes me when practice from different places and cultures converge because then it means: it works 😉👍🏽 thank you so much for sharing!
Asa Benedict,I relate 110%,being of Italian/Sicilian descent and a practitioner and Santero Priest for 37years,also an Ordained Spiritualist Minister for Over 50years.I also have Romany Ancestry.I love you videos and yes I have Grace,s book,I refer to it many times.I love her as well as your videos,keep up the good work.Auguri e grazia mile.Un abbraccio forte.Blessed be
glad to hear it was useful! assabenedica!
lovely presentation. perhaps being born on 17 th ( re 'i have lived"} you can utilise to 'Born before! " some early christians believed in re-incarnation.! .
Another amazing and informative video as always 🐺💗🏳️⚧️
8:00 I love antique keys! I wear one I found around my neck as a symbol of my matron, Hecate. Ngl... I do find it interesting how you've been talking so openly about wanting to face your fear of death and then you suddenly come across a key with good vibes.... Keys are often associated with Hecate, and she is a goddess known to help people work with both fear and death/necromancy. Not saying it is her but like IT DO BE KINDA IRONIC THO 👀👀👀👀
Honestly Eddie, it was my first thought too! You're the fifth person now that has said the same "might be Hecate calling" but I Always though she's so badass and I'm such a pussy I never even dared thinking of working with Her. But maybe I really should 😉 do you have any advice of where to start if I were to?
@@activistwitch the TH-cam channel Keeping Her Keys has LOADS of informational videos on Hecate and different aspects of her. I'd check that out for some easily accessible resources on her.... but tbh? If that was your initial thought, I'd say odds are there's a good chance that's your intuition calling. And if that's the case, it seems like Hecate is already extending the hand to you by giving you this gift, and so I don't think there's any reason to wait to contact her other than personal preference. You work with deities so you already understand the basics of initiating communication, but other than that... I'd say wait until the next new moon and light a candle for her, maybe try scrying and ask what she's there to help you with? 🤷💗🗝
@@WolfsbaneWitch thank you for the ideas Eddie! I can definitely try something next week for new moon. Fun story was that after I found the rusty key I went to another charity shop, in the kitchen section where I usually head I found a single lonely HUGE silver / steel key, and my hugebi mean forearm length. I got it for less than 3 quid, apparently it's a traditional gift for people turning 21? But yeah, two huge keys one after the other 😅
@@activistwitch and as far as Hecate being "badass" in comparison to how you view yourself currently... I'd like to extend some comfort and maybe some inspiration to you because that (imo) is exactly why you could benifit from working with her. In my personal path, Hecate has taught me to overcome or come to terms with my fears, and become strong and confident in myself even within the midst of the unknown. I have learned that truly brave people aren't born that way; they learn how to be that way.
It is natural to feel intimidated by things (or in this case, entities) that seem to have something powerful that you may feel you lack, but avoiding those things will not make you better equipped to obtain those traits, or understand them for yourself. Staying in place won't move anything forward. Moving forward into the dark can be scary, but Hecate holds a torch.
No matter what you choose, just know you got this!
Ukrainian people believe in using a lot of garlic. I graggle with salt water for a sore throat or mouth issues. I also boil cinnamon lemon cloves water on the stove now I will add salt thank you
that's so interesting! thank you for sharing!
@Activist Witch Grazie mille per questo video! i miei genitori sono di Calabria…io sono nata e cresciuta negli Stati Uniti, mi considero una strega italiana del folk e della cucina (e lavoro anche con i santi) sfortunatamente non sono aperta al pubblico e so che sei qui mi dà tanta gioia! ti ho trovato grazie alla Chaotic Witch Aunt...Grandi abbracci Dio ti benedica!!! Much love to you and keep up the great videos! 💜🙏🏻
ma che gioia! benvenuta!!! sto pianificando un ulteriore video sulla mia infanzia tradizionale e specificatamente sulla parte cartomanzia spero entro fine mese! e wow, adoro Frankie, che onore se mi hai trovata grazie a loro!
@@activistwitch 💜🙏🏻🤗
I love this video, and Mary Grace's book! So glad you found one another & surprised it didn't happen sooner. I grew up (Italian - American in NYC) doing/believing many of these things "just because." By the time I thought to ask deep questions, the older generation was gone. I would *love* a video dedicated to ancestor practices. Turns out I've been doing versions for decades, just never called it that. Stay well!
I honestly believe that starting making videos was the excuse the universe gave me to finally embrace and delve more in my ancestral work and finding Grace has been such a crucial way to the healing process so that I can keep and enjoy the people and traditions I loved without being oppressed by all the other negative sides that... Well... Made me run away from Italy all those years ago. I will definitely make a proper video just on ancestral work and the "meditations" I've done to try and "talk" to them. It really is the part of my practice I love the most because it's all so connected to nostalgia of a simpler time in a ways when I was a child. Weren't things simpler eh?
My grandmother was from Sicily, she died when I was seven and I wonder if she would have told me these things if I would have known her better
I know what you mean. My grandparents passed away when I was still a child and held no interest to these things so I keep wondering what stories I missed
Hi Ysha! I've just found your videos... I love them! You are so engaging and great to listen to. And your home looks wonderful :). Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you so much!! I'm glad if I can keep you company throughout your days 🥰
Thank you for your wonderful post, 😊
My pleasure! Thank you for watching!
New subscriber! I found you via Mary Grace!!! (if she see's this comment she'll recognize the exclamation points LOL :) What a lovely video. I practice Hoodoo and see some of what I call echoes in our practices. I pulled a oracle card the other day whose title is Tradition and since then I have been in positions to learn about traditions, and this has given me some peace in a rocky time...2024 is kinda bumpy LOL! Best wishes and I can't wait to learn more.🥰
Grace is a true blessing of a friend and I count myself so lucky for the kindness she has shown me, and I'm glad it made you find this video too! I am so fascinated by Hoodoo practices for the little I've heard here and there I think the freezer spells and the turning paper clockwise / anticlockwide, folding towards or away from, I must have read on blogs / posts that I think might have been hoodoo. I am unclear though if it's considered a closed practice and because of that I haven't delved more into researching it, what is your take on the matter? Would you have any resources to suggest exactly to try and find those little traditions that I suspect hoodoo shared with Italian folk magic?
@@activistwitch Hugs, it's not a closed practice per se but it is an ancestral practice. So when you go to them, using Hoodoo be prepared if it's not part of your lineage for you ancestors to ask...what are you doing? Folkloric practices are within all of our histories. I would say, what did your ancestors practice, this is what they would recognize. I think we all have magical practices in our bloodlines and whatever gets you to start interacting with the Divine is wonderful but the one thing I have learned from Hoodoo. It's not what I know it's what they (my ancestors) knew that matters. I am Christian and so working with the Bible doesn't bother me BUT I don't go to my ancestors with a modern standards and say "The Gnostics had a different view of Christianity and being a witch isn't bad and this that and the other". Not that they wouldn't help me but I do think they would say what??? I speak to them like I would speak to my great grandmother, who did what we would call Magic but she would call Faith and Prayer.🥰. Is it Magic...of course....if it Faith and Prayer of course🥰. Like you said the Nonnas...they had power and you couldn't tell them nothing about God, Jesus, Mother Mary. You sat down and listened and just watched the miracles (in silence)🤣😚🥰😇
Thank you so much for such a detailed and clear response. I think I might eventually read about it but I do appreciate the walking in the steps of our ancestors, that definitely comes more natural, but once I'm in a solid place on my practice I'm sure the researcher in me will start reading at least about other traditions just because curiosity never leaves me 😉 thank you again so so much for this
I have the audiobook it's great. Do you know any Italian witchcraft books in Italian ? I am learning Italian, however I'm not at reading a book level yet. I would be interested in getting one ready and attending to read it to improve both my italian and witchcraft
I linked the one that carries he spell Grave mentioned in the video description, though I feel it's worth mentioning that Italian witchcraft in Italian is really most of the times in dialect so not ideal maybe if you're learning Italian. However side promo: a dear friend is doing a daily "tarot news" in Italian here ok TH-cam if you want to check it out @la_musifavolista She does it in the voice of a newsanchor so she uses just formal and proper Italian so that might be more accessible? th-cam.com/play/PLXYi-cwFhqr3CYoX6wG16CdDAOzjk6PAi.html&si=Kt5DKBvsy-iLHY_j
@@activistwitch thank you I subscribed , I thought that would be the case. Everyone in my family that does know about witchcraft in Italy tends to stick to Napulitano though obviously they understand Italian. However hard to learn Napulitano from the UK
Oh I lived in Italy for over a decade and still would have been lost trying to understand someone from Naples or Sicily speak without my friends from the area translating in Italian 😉 Italy it's all like that, it's part of the charm
@@activistwitch haha yeah it's strange how different they talk, they really different languages . My cousin said to learn standard Italian so I can speak to anyone and go over to learn Napulitano. Cause in theirp words "you learn it from the streets not from a book"
Count me in. I have long ago 8th Gg grandpa born in Piedmonte Italy. Sardina in my DNA on my dad's side.
Fascinating! My maternal side all comes from Piedmont but my grandfather surname which was very unique and all people carrying it were indeed related to each other, was apparently from Sardinia!
Many of these 'beliefs' are the same here in Greece.. I enjoy your videos and your enthusiasm..
I imagined so thanks for confirming that! I have a friend from Greece and she mentioned some things sounded familiar! I think some are shared with France too so might just be the old Mediterranean tradition that got around and was adapted but the cornerstone remains shared
Uh, questo me lo gusto stasera!!! Grazie 😘
È proprio lungo come un episodio di una serie TV 😅 prenditela comoda
Wonderful video Ysha !!! ❤❤❤ I learned soooo much !!!! I don't have Italian Roots ... just french & belgian, but my grandmother who lived in the french country told me " Never touch the wine or the butter when you're on your period, it will rot ! " 😅 I have always obey Her. But I Never knew why 😊
I'd like to see a video about your ancestral work❣️
To be honest Muriel I think there's a lot of contaminayat least with France. My little villa is in the Monferrato region of Piedmon and under Napoleon we were France for a good while at the beginning of the 1800s! In my first video on Italian Witchcraft I even found books by a french author that described traditions that I had I deed experienced in my little village too!
@@activistwitch soooo interesting ! 🧐
Caro mio cugino, Grazie mille! ❤Tanti saluti da 🏳🌈Chicago, USA con antenati da Chelico, Cosenza, Calabria Italia ❤
Ciao amico calabrese! 👋🏽 Felice che ti sia piaciuto il video!!!
I like working with St Expodite. I find him quite good natured and agreeable. I don't do saint punishing, though. There's no way I could do that.
Oh that's good to know! I've been tempted to work with him but haven't come around doing it yet! Your experience sounds encouraging, thanks for sharing!
After going to Italy and watching Italian people argue I can see why the person in altercation acting justly could be the haughty card. Watching my horse instructor cuss a guy out with a off leash dog was the epitome of I say what the fuck I want
Ouch, yeah unfortunately you got it quite right 😓
@acovenoftwo oh i hope you weren't offended! I absolutely loved the passion and fire! I wish I could express myself in that way!
@@sarahdisorbo9279 not at all, trust me there's a reason why I can talk about Italy but haven't lived there in decades and no one appreciates it's faults and tries to shed light on them more than me 😉
Mi piace due video cari saluti della Svizzera Di Andrea❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Grazie mille Andrea!
Pensavo fosse "tocca ferro", non "knock wood"????!!!!
Si tocca ferro in Italia, vero, io ho acquisito il "bussare sul legno" che è la versione anglosassone, perché "touch iron" di per sé non è un modo di dire qui 😅 anche se effettivamente il ferro, ogni strega ci concorda, è la protezione ultima (vedi la chiave che ho trovato settimana scorsa, post sulla community tab 😉)
Mi ha sempre fatto ridere che, a Siena, tutti gli uomini toccavano le loro palle quando dicevano “tocca ferro”! Nell loro sogni! 😹
@@stregarapunzel ma infatti non c'è parte più fragile, gli piacerebbe 😜