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La bella luna! The moon brings the woman to the man. Capice?

— Grandfather ‧ Moonstruck

A tilted narrow tray balances a pale moon-like disc and two red glass beads against indigo.
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Here the speaker credits the moon with a matchmaking job, as if it quietly delivers a woman to a man. It's a romantic, half-comic bit of folk wisdom, delivered with an exclamation and a demand for agreement. "Capice?" turns a sweet notion into something not up for debate.

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