... or 13th century during a time when the country was under malicious French rule. One particular legend tells of a group of islanders who rose up against their oppressors after the brutal rape of one young girl at the hands of a group of drunken French Soldiers. As the legend goes, the mother ran through the streets of a village crying" Ma fia! Ma fia ... knowledge of the prominent language as well as limited skills. Many were forced to become ditch diggers, bricklayers, stonecutters they also ran small fruit and vegetable stores. The average Sicilian male laborer in New York in 1910 earn...

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