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Gerarda Spagnuolo
The threader from Ospedaletto d’Alpinolo
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Gerarda Spagnuolo Spagnuolo illustrates the activity of ‘nzerta, a particular technique of threading chestnuts and hazelnuts that she learned from childhood looking at her mother.

Interview by: Rossella Galletti and Antonio Puzzi
Video by: Rossella Galletti and Antonio Puzzi. Editing by: Mariangela Bianco
Document by: Mariangela Bianco
Translate: Mariangela Bianco
MedEatResarch – Center of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, head by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro
Gerarda Spagnuolo

Gerarda Spagnuolo

Date of birth: 10-10-1960
City: Ospedaletto d’Alpinolo (AV)
Profession: Threader
Languages: Italian, campano dialect

Video table of contents

00:00:07 ‘Nzerta, threading of chestnuts
00:01:58 The origin of chestnuts
00:02:10 Manufacturing of chestnuts
00:03:43 A job in extinction
00:04:26 Priest's Chestnuts
00:05:00 Pilgrimage to Sanctuary of Montevergine
00:06:51 The threader, a female job
00:07:33 Work tools
00:09:40 Passion for work
00:11:40 A souvenir to take home

Geographic information

Country: IT
Region: Campania
City: Ospedaletto d’Alpinolo (AV)
Altitude: 725m. s.l.m.