{"id":1867,"date":"2016-04-08T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valdesina.it\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2016-04-07T19:32:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T17:32:42","slug":"legend-the-savage-of-the-guichard-comba-dei-carbonieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/2016\/04\/08\/legend-the-savage-of-the-guichard-comba-dei-carbonieri\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend: the savage of the Guichard \u2013 Comba dei Carbonieri"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there!
\nThe legend I’m going to tell you today is set in Guichard valley, a secondary combe in Pellice valley, ascending to Bobbio Pellice, today known as Carbonier valley.
\nRumour has it that once upon a time, in the middle of the Berna wood, in Guichard valley, lived a sort of hermit, short and hairy, strong like twenty men. He was quite moody, and he didn\u2019t talk to anybody. That’s why he was called Lou Sarvagge<\/em>, \u201cthe savage\u201d. It\u2019s also told that he was a sorcerer, and that after that uncouth look was concealed a great witness, and, above all, the secrets of the art of dairy farming, totally unknown to the locals. For these reasons, the authorities put a reward for him, and a lot of people tried to catch him, without success.<\/p>\n

\"Today,<\/a>
Today, the Guichard valley is best known as \u201cComba dei Carbonieri\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Savage went out very rarely from his cavern, but at a certain point he started to leave his shelter every night. His rough heart was beating for a local girl, and every day at sunset he went under her window to look at her while she was spinning. Discovered the reason of his actions, the men who wanted to capture him decided to seize the occasion to cheat him.
\nA night, they put a dummy, dressed with the girl\u2019s gowns, in place of her, and they hid waiting for him. When the hermit arrived, he immediately noticed the prank, and said:<\/p>\n

\u201cFila, Filera \u2013 L’\u00e9 p\u00e2 qu\u00eblla ‘d l’aouta sera<\/em>
\nToulossia, boulossia \u2013 Jamai ta fuz\u00e0 ven\u00ebr\u00e9 grossa.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSpin, spinner. She\u2019s not the same of the other nights.<\/em>
\nTurn, scale, your spindle will never grow.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

With his incredible strenght he could have taught a lesson to his persecutors, but, given that he was a good man, he went away and never came back to the house of his beloved.<\/p>\n

\"Who<\/a>
Who knows if this was the window where the girl of the legend use to appear?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, the men didn\u2019t want to give up on the reward and on the knowledge of the Savage, and so they looked for the help of an old woman. She was competent in witchcraft, and she was also as strange as the Savage, but she didn\u2019t use to live as an hermit. On the contrary, she loved to stay together with the locals, and so she was more appreciated. The witch gave to the men a pair of shoes, and told them to leave it as a present in front of the Sarvagge cavern. They did it, and lied in wait near the entrance of the shelter. The hermit didn\u2019t have shoes, and so when he saw them he wore them gladly. Nevertheless, because he never had a pair of shoes, he forgot to unstrap the shoelaces and at the first step he fell down. That was the occasion long\u2013awaited by the men, that immediately came out from the bushes and captured him. At that point, the startled Saved exclaimed:<\/p>\n

\u201cL’e pa vostra malissia \u2013 Que m’a fa saillir dar p\u00ebrtus<\/em>
\nMa vous av\u00e9 carc fac\u00ebnd\u00e9 \u2013 Que m’an fa p\u00ebrne da vo\u00fb\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not because of your slyness that you forced me to go out from my cave<\/em>
\nbut you had some accomplice who helped you to catch me!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Here<\/a>
Here I am between the rocks in the woods of Berna, when the Sarvagge lived.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The poor Savage got trapped in a room with a big bucket of milk and some tools. After a while, because he was getting bored, started to work the milk. From cream he made butter, and from curd he made cheese. Warming up the remaining liquid he produced buttermilk. In particular, this last process was totally unknown to the locals, and for that they immediately started to mill around to have a better vision through the keyhole. But nudges and jostles, jabs and kicks, caused the door to open wide, and the men burst into the room.<\/p>\n

And so, the hermit told them:<\/p>\n

\u201cS’ou m’agu\u00ebsse \u00ebnca l\u00ees\u00e0<\/em>
\nMel e cira our\u00ecou \u00ebnca ciav\u00e0<\/em>
\nDe moun breu de l\u00eet\u00e0\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you had left me (to do),<\/em>
\nhoney and wax I would have produced<\/em>
\nfrom my buttermilk\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Then, because he absolutely didn\u2019t want to be consigned to give to the locals his reward, he ran away from the door that the careless men opened wide.
\nSince that episode, nobody saw him again. Maybe he decided to hide in a even more isolated place, and with him also the precious secret on how to produce honey and wax from buttermilk is hidden forever.<\/p>\n

\"During<\/a>
During the summer, many people cool down in the waterholes created by the creek. Here we call them \u201ctoumpi\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How to get here<\/em><\/strong>
\nFrom Pinerolo take the Strada Provinciale 161 to the Val Pellice. Pass through Villar Pellice and then go straight on the road to Bobbio Pellice. A few before the town of Bobbio Pellice, turn left following the directions to Barbara Lowrie \u2013 Valle dei Carbonieri. After a group of houses called La Perl\u00e0 and after a sharp turn you\u2019ll see Val Guichard, today known as \u201cValle dei Carbonieri\u201d. You will find the the Berna wood, where, according to the legend, lived the Savage, on your right.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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