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Days of Merla

And here we are in so-called Days of Merla ..

Different legends are on these days, which vary from region to region but also from province to province, but all agree that the three coldest days of the year ..

days of the blackbird But why?

All legends tell of a Merla that repairs to protect from the cold to warm fireplace, that's why they call me .. placed Milan will now version of the story, my favorite:

" The last three days of January, 29, 30 and 31, she came to Milan a very winter disk. The snow had laid a white carpet on all the streets and rooftops. The protagonists of this story is a blackbird, a blackbird and their three sons .....

They had come to town on end of summer and had set up their shelter on a tree in the courtyard of a building located in Porta Nuova. Then, for the winter, they found a house under the eaves to protect from snow that year was particularly cold abbondante.Il commissions made it difficult to feed themselves, the blackbird flew from morning till night in search of bird seed for his family and searched in vain all the gardens, courtyards and balconies of the apartment. The snow covered every crumb. One day he decided to fly the Blackbird on the edge of the snow, to find a warmer shelter for his family. He continued to snow. The blackbird, to protect merlottini numbed by the cold, moved the nest on a nearby roof, where she came from a chimney was smoking a little 'hard day of tepore.Tre cold. And the blackbird was gone three days. When came back, almost did not recognize his wife and sons were now all blacks for the smoke chimney. In the first day of February, a pale sun finally appeared and left the nest all winter, even the householder had darkened in contact with fuliggine.Da then the blackbirds were all born blacks, whites became the battlements exception of fable. "

This version is the" more gentle and romantic, at least in my opinion.

There also shows for completeness the other versions:

Second version:

Three Days of the blackbird is a tradition that comes from afar and wants to be the three coldest days of winter.

so cold that a blackbird, who was white feathers, shivering, but at the same time worried about his sons, finds nothing better than going to rest on a fireplace. We stayed three days, because the cold prevented even fly. Then came fortunately February. Pale as long as you want but the sun was able to restore life and hope. Merla and sons were able to stretch, re-open wings and fly. The three days on the chimney, however, had produced a profound change in plumage, now black with soot, black without remedy.
Since then, the blackbirds were all born blacks.

Third version:

Once the blackbirds were white.
One day too cold for one went into a fireplace to warm up after three days and came out all black with soot. Two blackbirds white feathers, male and female, took shelter from the cold in a chimney. Not having anything to eat the male decided to go out to try something. After three days he returned and found a coal-black bird, blackbird did not recognize her and turned back to look for it. The blackbird, blackened with soot, in the meantime died of hunger.

Fourth Version:

The blackbird and the blackbird are married at the end of January, the village of the bride, should cross it over the Po River to return to their home but it's late and stop for two days with relatives. The temperature drops a lot. Merlo is forced to cross the Po ice, but he died. Merla her moan and cry can still be heard along the Po, the nights in late January.

Fifth version:

According to popular tradition the last three days in January to coincide with the three coldest days of winter. So much so that even
Merla, who once had a white plumage, he went to warm to shelter in a fireplace.
His coat turned gray with soot and has since remained in that color.

Happy and cold days of the blackbird at all!