The latest true story
in Naples, through the alleys and squares · from the 19th century to the 1970s
Before Halloween, there was the cascettella: when kids in Naples would ask for a coin "pe' li muorte"
A cardboard box with a skull, a coin inside to make it rattle, and a set phrase: "Signurì, 'e muorte!" From the 1800s to the '70s, Neapolitan kids roamed the streets like this around All Souls' Day. The sources, the words, and where those coins ended up.
Today's proverb
Nun c'è sabbato senza sole, nun c'è femmena senz'ammore
There’s no Saturday without sun, and no woman without love.
Today's saint
Saint Paul of the Cross
priest, founder of the Passionists
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The last dream you told
Symbol of the day
Across the community
The almanac of the Neapolitan Smorfia
Rimmofatt! is the Smorfia as Naples has read it for generations: the ninety numbers and what they mean, a saint and a proverb for every day, and guides to reading dreams the way they're read in the old alleys of Naples. And, if you like, a place to tell your dreams and find them again over time. It's entertainment, not a prediction: the Smorfia tells stories, it doesn't tell fortunes.
- The Smorfia, number by numberThe ninety numbers with their names, their meanings and the images that lead to them.
- True StoriesTrue, strange stories from around the world, with their sources, read through the Smorfia.
- Saints for every dayA saint for every day of the year, with their story: your name day is in there.
- Today's proverbA Neapolitan proverb every day, with its translation and what it means.
- The JournalYour dreams and the things that happen to you, told once and found again over time, with their symbols.