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Can Someone Help with a Sicilian Hand Game Possibly about a Lamb?

Monday, October 29th, 2007

I recently received this question:

My grandfather used to play a hand game with me where he held my hand and with his finger made a circle in my palm, then put each of my fingers down, starting with the pinky. I can only say it phonetically as I do not speak Sicilian:

Catcja funtanedja
chifigi pecoredja
quisto lu fersja
quisto lu scorcha
quisto lu coche et
quisto lu mange
um um um um um

In English I think it said:

Here’s a little pond
The little lamb comes to drink
This one catches it
This one cuts it
This one cooks it and
This one eats it
Um um um um um.

Can anyone give me the actual words in Sicilian and tell me if I am right about my English translation?

Please comment below, if you can help out…

Thanks in advance!

-Mama Lisa

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