{"id":591,"date":"2011-01-26T09:24:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T08:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.langhe.net\/?p=591"},"modified":"2011-12-28T10:04:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T09:04:24","slug":"masche-short-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langhe.net\/en\/591\/masche-short-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Masche: Short Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once it was believed that those who talked about the masche would be hurt by them. This story happened once, as some people were at a friend&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>As they were going, walking down the street, they were shatting. After a while a wonam started talking of the masche. As soon\u00a0\u00a0as she had said a couple of words, she felt that something was pulling her hair, and she found herself in front of her house without having walked at all.<\/p>\n<p>Some days later she died because of the great fright.<\/p>\n<p>Once in Cortemilia a little girl was walking with her mother. 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