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If they are Italian, it’s a bit vulgar, think American middle finger.
Perhaps they are listening to Black Sabbath demo tapes?
Hook ’em horns
I found this picture on a roll of developed negatives that had been tightly wound and placed in a metal film canister. I was taking a b&w photography class at the time and decided to bring it to school and make a print.
It’s to keep the devil away, Ronnie James dio made it popular
Rock on.
My Portuguese friend told me it means “your wife is cheating on you “
It meant fucking metal.
These women were brutal
Your family were likely early adopters of the Church of Satan. That or UT fans.
Shadow puppets, there are three dogs on the wall we can’t see.
Rockin’ with Dokken!
If I remember correctly. (Xfingers) It’s an Italian symbol to ward off evil. To give someone the “Evil Eye” you point the two fingers that are up or “The horns.” At someone and it’s kinda like putting a curse on someone. It was also common for individuals to “Spit in evils eye.” The individual would just literally spit through the gap in between the “horns.” Your grandmother is probably reacting to a person across from her. After they said something that annoyed her or went against her beliefs. Oh fun fact, Ronnie James Dio (May he rock in peace). Singer of the metal band “Dio”. Learned this hand gesture from his Italian grandmother. He started throwing the hand signal up during concerts. Which was later copied/ picked up/ or organically spread to other groups. So in metal shows, they are literally warding off the devil. Using a Italian Catholic hand gesture.
As the singer that popularized this symbol in heavy metal, Ronnie James Dio said, its to push away evil forces
if it’s Italian (and it is) , it has multiple meanings/uses:
– like in the picture, it’s used to address someone as “horned”, because when someone cheats on his/her partner, we say “mettere le corna” (putting horns on someone’s head), and the “victim” has the horns but can’t see them;
– it’s used in a scaramantic way, to make the bad luck go away, like when seeing a black cat or accidentally pouring salt on the ground…it is comparable (for the boys) to the “touching your own balls” or “touching something made of iron”;
– it can be used to curse someone or to respond at someone else’s curse, for example “I wish your day is gonna be orribile” and you go with the horns sign and answer with “tié” (here to you);
Bonus: in sports, is often used to address the referee as “horned” if his judgement doesn’t match with the one of the fans;
I think there’s more too though
Metal Up Your Ass
Maybe they just wanted to fuckin’ rock all night and party every day.
They were listening to Slayer
Looks like their saying they are “down with the Wolfpac and are nWo 4-Life!!”
I was going to make the joke that it was a sign that Klan members gave to each other to identify themselves as a KKK member.
Then it occurred to that they might be Jewish and that joke would not have only been a bad joke, but in bad taste as well.
This would make a killer album cover.
One in the…
Yes. “He is born but still known as John. He will rise as Ozzie and he will rock. “
rock on
Malocchio in Italian, or evil eye in English. It’s a superstitious thing that southern Italians do to ward off evil. I heard you can point the horns to a person to curse them. Not sure, my family wasn’t superstitious like that, just really Catholic
It’s an Italian superstition to ward off the “Evil Eye”. Someone might be giving you the evil eye which would be the cause of misfortune. The Devil’s Horns repel the curse.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Hail Satan, same as today
Hook`em Horns
Go Longhorns?
UT Austin, hook ’em horns (joking I don’t know)
Hook em Horns!!
Hookem Horns!!! 🥹
Texas stuff
Hook ’em horns
Means Hook ‘em Horns if you’re a Uni. Of Texas football fan
Hook ‘em!
It’s called mano cornuta (translates to horned hand). I’m Italian American and grew up seeing this. It’s like a good luck symbol or a way to ward off bad luck, which depending on how superstitious you are this could be for anything similar to knocking on wood to preventing others from cursing you. A lot of our curses have to do with envy. If someone is jealous or envious of you for something you own or an achievement you’ve made, that can cause you bad luck in the future.
Also, some men make a knocking motion on their waist area as a form of “knocking on wood”. I remember seeing male relatives do this as well. Other fun ones: no hats or hangers on beds, 13 is our lucky number, and you can use olive oil and water to check for bad spirits in a home.
Texas longhorns? Lol
A gift for you.
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Warding off ‘ The Evil Eye ‘ I believe… it’s an Italian thing, as Ronnie James Dio took it from his grandma and made it ROCK! 🤘🤘😝🤘🤘
One in the pink, one in the stink
#Rock and Fucking Roll
You’re absolutely correct I’m 50 years old from Staten Island 100% Italian and my grandmothers and my aunts used to do the same things all the time to ward off bad luck
killer album
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Hail Satan
It’s an Italian warding symbol to scare away evil or the evil eye.