02-17-2006, 10:49 PM
Casmin , i think you talk of "fare le corna" (make to horns) ; the geste have multiple significances .It is a "scongiuro" (exorcism against the misfortune) but also a insult if maked to a man , because signify than your wife be unfaithful to you ("essere un cornuto"="to be a horned").
"Each historical fact needs to be considered, insofar as possible, no with hindsight and following abstract universal principles, but in the context of own proper age and environment" Aldo A. Settia
a.k.a Davide Dall\'Angelo
SISMA- Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi
a.k.a Davide Dall\'Angelo
SISMA- Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi
