Thanks for those explanations, Don Larzono! I've heard all those expressions here in the NYC area, but the gestures that accompany them usually impart more "meaning" than the actual words.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.