{"id":583,"date":"2025-12-09T19:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.numerocivico.org\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:07:22","slug":"i-proverbi-di-nonna-elisa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.numerocivico.org\/en\/i-proverbi-di-nonna-elisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma Elisa’s Proverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I Proverbi di nonna Elisa, raccolti da Daniela Mazzurana<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Grandma Elisa’s Proverbs, collected by Daniela Mazzurana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book presentation<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Edizioni La Barelota \/ Numero Civico<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brentonico, November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proverbs and nursery rhymes in this small volume, arranged alphabetically, were collected over time, reliving them from memory: my mother, Elisa Zeni, adapted them to specific household situations. A little treasure that has become part of my “family lexicon.”<\/em>
Daniela Mazzurana<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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1
A \u2018n bom sold\u00e0 ogni arma ghe f\u00e0<\/strong>
A good soldier will use any weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t have the right tool, but you’re good,
you’ll make do with what you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2
A sette anni s\u2019\u00e8 put\u00e8i e a settanta s\u2019\u00e8 ancor qu\u00e9i<\/strong>
At seven, you’re a child, and at seventy, you’re still a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old age makes us children again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3
Alla sera grandi palazzi, alla mattina n\u00e9 malta n\u00e9 sassi<\/strong>
Big plans in the evening are not implemented in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4
Allerta! Allerta, ch\u00e9 i pulzi i b\u00e8ca la querta!<\/strong>
Be careful! Be careful! Because fleas bite the blanket!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A game that encourages fear of things that can actually cause harm. If the fleas only bite the blanket, they certainly shouldn’t be scary.
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5
Aspett\u00e0r, e no vegn\u00ecr, l\u2019\u00e8 na roba da morir<\/strong>
Waiting for someone who doesn’t come is unbearable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6
B\u00e8i en fassa, bruti en pi\u00e0zza<\/strong>
Beautiful in swaddling clothes, ugly in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautiful as babies, not so beautiful as adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7
Benedetta quela sp\u00f3sa che per prima la g\u2019ha na t\u00f3sa<\/strong>
Blessed is the bride whose firstborn is a girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortune lies in the fact that, as a grown-up, she will help care for the house and any younger siblings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8
Carne de cristiam, no i ne vende en beccar\u00eca<\/strong>
Christian meat isn’t sold at the butcher’s shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the usual response when someone criticizes someone for being too thin: it’s not as if fatness has any special benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Info<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stefano Giovanazzi
t. 0039 0464 439936
m. 0039 329 4828149<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I Proverbi di nonna Elisa, raccolti da Daniela Mazzurana Grandma Elisa’s Proverbs, collected by Daniela Mazzurana Book presentation Edizioni La Barelota \/ Numero Civico Brentonico, November 2025 The proverbs and nursery rhymes in this small volume, arranged alphabetically, were collected over time, reliving them from memory: my mother, Elisa Zeni, adapted them to specific household … <\/p>\n

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