One story I have been told by the person who witnessed this is that on Railway Street in Hamilton early 1930’s. A maybe 10 year old John Papalia and one of his brothers were instructed by their father mid day to beat a patron that just finished drinking in the second of two house the Papalia owned,this house was not for living but serve bootleg liquor. The guy was drunk and wouldn’t get off the street, Tony Pops was yelling ‘Mieana’ don’t know if it’s spelt right, means hit him. The person that told me was a child as well when they observed this. They stated that the way the Papalia said hit them was different then the way Sicilians/Southern Italians said it on the street.