The Soricella's Spring

NAME Unknown

NICKNAME Soricella
[ the name means ‘small mouse’ in the Neapolitan dialect ]

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The ugliest old lady of Naples

THE TIME The legend was made out at the end of the XIX century following the excavations to find a spring in 1861. The legend itself is set in no specific time.

THE PLACE In Naples, in the area named Santa Lucia

WHAT HAPPENED Once upon a time an ugly old witch lived in a cave near the sea. Because of her ugliness, the lady was persecuted by all the neighbourhood so she reacted cursing awfully. As soon as she did that, three terrible monsters came out of the sea and threw her in a well inside the grotto where she stayed for ever.
This lady had a daughter who was as ugly as her mother. She and all the other generations lived in the same area.

PROVERBS ‘A femmena ‘ncazzata è comm’ ‘o mare ‘ntempesta.
[ An angry woman is like a seastorm. ]

BIBLIOGRAPHY Eduardo Migliaccio, Archivio per lo Studio delle Tradizioni Popolari 1895

NAME	Unknown
NICKNAME	Soricella [ the name means ‘small mouse’ in the Neapolitan dialect ]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION	The ugliest old lady of Naples
THE TIME	The legend was made out at the end of the XIX century following the excavations to find a spring in 1861. The legend itself is set in no specific time.
THE PLACE	In Naples, in the area named Santa Lucia
WHAT HAPPENED	Once upon a time an ugly old witch lived in a cave near the sea. Because of her ugliness, the lady was persecuted by all the neighbourhood so she reacted cursing awfully. As soon as she did that, three terrible monsters came out of the sea and threw her in a well inside the grotto where she stayed for ever. This lady had a daughter who was as ugly as her mother. She and all the other generations lived in the same area.
PROVERBS	‘A femmena ‘ncazzata è comm’ ‘o mare ‘ntempesta. [ An angry woman is like a seastorm. ]
BIBLIOGRAPHY	Eduardo Migliaccio, Archivio per lo Studio delle Tradizioni Popolari 1895