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On the origins of this phrase, ‘the Italians do not fight’, ‘meaning that when confronted with a battle they flee at the first opportunity’ see Roger Pinon: ‘From illumination to folksong; the armed snail, a motif of topsy‐turvy land’ in Venetia J. Newall (ed.), Folklore Studies in the Twentieth Century (London: D. S. Brewer, Rowman and Littlefield, 1980), p. 76.
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