[Ed]

I think this might be because first-generation Italian and Irish immigrants to the United States were commonly hated by the rest of the population during the 1800s and early 1900s. During this time, members of one group picked up the nasty stories of the other and passed them to their children, children’s children, and so on. You live in a part of the United States where a lot of this sort of thing went on.

At least this makes sense for this country. I haven’t heard of this sort of thing happening outside the United States. If it does, the following theory might work: The Irish and Italians are still bitter over the conquest of Gaul. According to the stories, Julius Caesar sent an emmisary to a Gaelic (Celtic) chieftain. For whatever reason, the chieftain killed the emmisary. In a rage, Julius ordered that all Gaelic men be slaughtered and the women and children be sold into slavery. This action decimated the Celtic people and only the ones in Ireland and tiny isolated parts of mainland Europe remained. So the Irish are still upset over the genocide and the Italians are upset over the barbaric actions of some chief. Please note, I have absolutely no evidence of this. I came up with it after reading some ‘Asterix and Obelix’ comics. Me, I have both Irish and Italian blood. Nobody around here seems to care, except when I express a fondness for pickled tongue.

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