Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ZAMPOGNA
Etymology
Noun
zampogna (plural zampognas)
A kind of Italian double-chantered bagpipe.
Source: Wiktionary
Zam*po"gna, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Definition: A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete. [Written also zampugna.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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