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My Father The ‘Jo mmasto’ Master

A lovely memory from Gino Di Giacomo is about his father the Sante Marie (AQ) maker of 'Jo mmasto'.  This is dialect for the pack saddles that donkeys, horses and mules use to transport heavy loads down and up mountains. 

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