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But if their prayers are unanswered after what they consider a reasonable time, they hold a service and punctuate their prayers with threatening cries "Corda, o pioggia!" The saint sometimes chooses the second alternative and sends the rain the peasants return thanks, and all goes well.
Di mezza quella bolla anco cortese Mi fu, della quale ora il mio Bibbiena Espedito m'ha il resto alle mie spese. Indi col seno e con la falda piena Di speme, ma di pioggia molle e brutto, La notte andai sin al Montone a cena."
There is a proverb "Entre le due Madonne cade la pioggia," the greatest rainfall occurring between the two festivals. On festival days the picture is decked with rings, chains, &c., kept locked up at Perasto during the rest of the year. The property of the church is over £30,000. For five hundred years it has been a centre of interest in the Bocche.
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