Eureka Reporter | 1904-01-29 | Page 7 | Sicilian Secret Society

sicilian secret society one ot of the numerous secret societies so clette which flourish in sicily Is that ot of the 33 belle signora its members are all women and they the meet three time times a week eek at midnight many strange tales are told of their power and it Is believed that they can cure all diseases the members of this society X bind themselves by a terrible oath to obedience and secrecy among the ignorant peasantry of sicily it is 13 believed that oath breakers are pun dished by being turned into toads and tor for this reason these creatures are fire quite safe there from the III treatment that Is sometimes accorded to them in other countries