Interview to Mrs. Ada Stefanini in Carosi from Pian del Voglio

During the war there was the card for the flours: wheat, etc. For the family I tried to have the wheat to make bread, but in the day it wasn’t allowed to make it, so the only useful time was the night. I used to take 10 kg of wheat charging it on my shoulders and go to the mill (in Setta) to make it grind.
In Mrs. Ada’s house there have always been every necessary thing, but all thank to the hard work and the many sacrifices, helping anywayalways the people knocking at her door for a piece of bread.
Talking with Her, youcan’t do anything but admire the person rich in spirit and conscious of the truthful values of life.
The best teacher of life for the sons is the house (cradle of values).
Also inreligious topics I can’t do anything but admire this lady who settled the roots of her principles in the faith.
She wanted to tell us this prayer:

In bed, in bed I go
My soul I give to God,
I give it to God and to Saint John,
The enemy won’t deceive me
Neither in the day nor in the night
Not even in point of death.
In bed, inbed I went
Jesus Christ I met and I met
Saint Silvester who made my bed
With four angels of God
Two bythe bottom two by the top
And the guardian angel always by my side.

At the end of this short interview, my spirit is enjoying the discovery in these two old people an unextinguishable richness of wisdom. I really hope thatall the people who will give a look to thislittle work of mine will find again the love to the next one andoverall the love for the old, source of wisdom, culture,tradition of our valleys and of the world.