pupazza

Frascati's curious pupazze, made with honey, oil and orange flavouring, are said to represent the mammana, the nursemaid who cared for the babies of workers during the grape harvest, and who in addition to two milky breasts could calm even the most rascally infant with a fake third breast filled with the good wine of Frascati.

Originally they were made for the Christmas holidays, but are now available all year round.

In Tortona, Piedmont, they also make pupazze figures called Bragton and Busela for Christmas, which children traditionally eat on St Stephen's Day.