Ya, the Italians came to work in the iron mines around there. And of course everything fell into place.
They used to come up there to hide and all that. Boot legging was really rampant up there back in the day since the Canadian Border was close. The Chicago and Milwaukee bunch are WAY different than the east coast. They take anyone that makes money. Not closed like your area. To this day they run like that I guess.
The elders used to speak it (Italian) so the kids didnt know what the hell they were arguing about.
Like my Granny and Gramps-moms side, who spoke High German so the kids didnt know..etc. Course, then there was my Dads parents who spoke Gaelic sometimes.
Man, that used to piss us off.
Gaelic???
Wow. Reminds me of the Druids :)
Cool.