by Italy | Mar 21, 2022 | History of School, Italy, Local Community
Even the children of the San Rocco primary school recall every year the tradition of the “magnin”, the ancient tinsmiths who passed from house to house in search of work. Dressed as peasants with clothes loaned by grandparents and great-grandparents, they...
by Italy | Mar 19, 2022 | History of School, Italy, Local Community
In Montà, the village were we live, there are two primary schools: one is bigger and it is in the centre, the other one, where we go every day, is smaller and it is in a hamlet called San Rocco. The school is an old building. We enjoyed looking for information in the...
by Italy | Mar 19, 2022 | Italy, Local Community
For the Carnival festivity, the second grade children have recovered the ancient popular tradition of the Magnin. The Magnin were men who, in the time of the great-grandparents, went from house to house to repair the pots of the ladies. Their faces were stained with...
