Fifty-two is 'a mamma, the mother, and the contrast with 29 is worth pausing on. The board's father is a euphemism for something else entirely; its mother is just the mother.
It is the only square in the family group that gets no joke, no riddle and no second reading. Naples was capable of leaving one thing alone.
- 52
- 'A mamma
- the mother
- Row 51–60 of the tabellone
Where the figure comes from
Not recorded.
Other things filed on 52
In Neapolitan life
The dictionary sends maccheroni to 52 as well as to 25, which is the kind of double filing that makes the printed smorfie so much longer than the board they came from. A word can carry two numbers; the dreamer decides.
52 in the smorfia — frequently asked
No. The mother at 52 is literal. The father at 29 is a standing euphemism for something else, and the reference lists say so.
No. Trapani has the regiment at 52 and its family figures elsewhere. The two boards share their objects far more often than their people.