[21] These gifts are called _spinagghi_ and _cubbaita_. [22] Alessi: _Notizie della Sicilia_, No. 164, MS. QqH. 44, of the Bib. Com. of Palermo. [23] Traina (_Vocab. Sicil._) defines _macadaru_ as nuptial-bed, and cites Pasqualino, who derives the word from the Arabic _chadar_, which signifies "bed," "couch." [24] So called, according to Traina (_Vocab. Sicil._), because of the frequent occurrence of the notes _fa, sol, la_. [25] Buonfiglio e Costanzo: _Messina, Citta Nobilissima_. [26] Pitre: _Studj di Poesia Pop.,_ p. 21. [27] This may be translated, "Palermo needs a long purse." See Pitre: _Fiabe, Novelle, etc.,_ No. cclxviii. [28] Dante: _Div. Com.,_ _Purg.,_ vi. 84. [29] See the _Giornale di Sicilia_, An. xv., No. 84. [30] 20 kopecks = 6-1/2 d., or 1/5 of a rouble. [31] This play upon _voda_ ("water") and _voyevod_ ("a general") has no equivalent in English. Perhaps the best rendering would be "the battle of _Water_loo."