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Word: pifferari (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chorals until January 6," he said, "in over 30 languages. As a matter of fact, Harvard sung the other day until they were rained out." This afternoon, the Committee is featuring the St. Williams CYO Band on the City Hall Plaza. "They'll all be dressed as the Pifferari and playing bagpipes...or at least they sound like clarinets. It's an old Italian custom. Also a Bavarian rite of lighting four candles, one each week of advent. The mayor lights them; really great to see. The Camp Edwards Choral Arts Society will sing at that one. We even have...

Author: By Jonathan O. Swan, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 12/21/1951 | See Source »

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