care of them. Then he went home and found that half of his bacchi had come to life again. So he armed all his men and women with knives and sticks, and they laid in wait for the witch and beat her till she revived all the dead silkworms.
I heard the following repeated only about an hour ago, as I write, by a woman while telling fortunes by cards. It is manifestly an incantation, which had originally no connection with cards;
Venti cinque siete!
Venti cinque diavoli!
Diventerete, anderete nel corpo, nel sangue, nell' anima,
Nel sentimienti del corpo!
Dair mi amante non possa vivere,
Non possa stare ne bere
Né mangiare, ne ..... ne ..... ne co uomini ne con donne non posas favellare fiviche a la porta di casa mia
Non viene picchiare!
English:—
Ye are twenty-five!
Twenty-five evil spirits!
Become a part of, enter into the body, the blood, the soul
Into the feelings of the body!—
I cannot live away from my love
(Cause) that he may not stand or drink
Nor eat nor speak to man or woman till at my door
He comes to knock!
Florence appears to be one of the most abundant fields for Folklore which I have ever examined, and Prof. Dom. Comparetti of this city possesses one of the best Folk-lore libraries in Europe.
Yours faithfully,
