Sixty-two is 'o muorto acciso, the murdered man. The board keeps three dead men and distinguishes carefully between them: the corpse at 47, the corpse that speaks at 48, and here the corpse that somebody made.
Acciso is Neapolitan for ucciso, killed. Sicily uses almost the identical phrase, u mortu ammazzatu, on the identical square, which is one of the closest agreements between the two boards.
- 62
- 'O muorto acciso
- the murdered man
- Row 61–70 of the tabellone
Where the figure comes from
No recorded reason for the number. The agreement with Sicily on 62, when the two lists diverge on 47 and 48, suggests this square is older than the split, but that is inference and not evidence.
Other things filed on 62
In Neapolitan life
Serao's 1884 chapter shows this register in use. A murder in the city produced a bet within the hour, and she names cases: a woman killed, a soldier's massacre, the execution that followed. «Biglietto», she writes after each one. A ticket. The dryness is the argument.
62 in the smorfia — frequently asked
Forty-seven is a dead man. Sixty-two is a man who was killed. The smorfia is precise about the difference and English translations usually are not.
Almost word for word, which is unusual — they disagree on the far more famous 47 and 48.