me either! One side of my wife’s family is from Palermo, recent enough that some in their late 40’s are immigrants. I also worked in the old Italian area in NE KC and never heard of it.
Wow that IS recent.
The fed govt REALLY put restrictions on immigration from some parts of W Europe in the 20s in favor of increased from central America.
BAD trade off.
Heck, my father coming in the mid 20’s was late!