THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

She told us that the surname of all local families was Lupo (Wolf) and that the Wolves were divided into two clans, the White Wolves and the Black Wolves.  Of these, the Whites formed the upper crust, voted for the party of the Church, listened to taped opera music and ate white bread.  The Blacks supported the Popular Front, hummed or whistled tunes one might have heard in the mountains of Morocco, and forced themselves in hard times to chew on the flesh of the prickly pear.

Lewis/Sicily