cartuleggi di so nannu

Sicilian

Etymology

Literally, “one's grandfather's old papers”.

Noun

cartuleggi di so nannu pl

1. (figuratively) old memories, old events, old things; the past

   arriminari / jiri circannu li cartuleggi di so nannu ― to ruminate over the past / to seek profit in doubtful things

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “cartuleggi”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 737
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cartuleci”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 270
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “cartulègi”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 151