Comments on: 14 Italian Superstitions: Hats, Cats and Evil Eyes https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/italian-superstitions/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 22:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Camilla Palermo https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/italian-superstitions/#comment-13401 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:35:15 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27819#comment-13401 In reply to Carie.

I never heard of that one, but it’s quite funny, haha!

I just found this saying, though: “Chi canta a tavola e a letto, è un matto perfetto.” If you translate it, it basically says that “who sings at the table and in the bed is crazy.”

I’m not entirely sure why that is, but the “Galateo”—which is a treaty on proper etiquette written in the 1500s by Giovanni Della Casa—advised against singing at the table because it’s bad manners.

You can find the Wikipedia page here, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galateo_(costume), but the English page sends to “Etiquette,” which is not the same. This is typically Italian! 🙂

]]> By: Carie https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/italian-superstitions/#comment-13398 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 23:22:22 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27819#comment-13398 My Italian grandfather always said it was bad luck to sing at the dinner table, otherwise you would end up with a crazy spouse. Anyone else familiar with that?

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