Word: viggiano
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tiers: the parents slept in the one big bed; the children slept over it, in cradles suspended on pulleys; the pigs and chickens slept underneath it. Always, "two inseparable guardian angels" looked down from the bedroom wall: "on one side was the black, scowling face ... of the Madonna of Viggiano; on the other . . . the sparkling eyes, behind gleaming glasses, and the hearty grin of President Roosevelt. ... Sometimes a third image formed, along with these two, a trinity: a dollar bill . . . was tacked up [between the Madonna and the President] like...
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