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Work shops

Along the country roads opened several shops, often narrow and crowded full of objects and tools, where craftsmen spent their days intent on their work.

Among the most popular shop workers, in addition to the master cooper, whose tells the section devoted to viticulture, included the master shoemaker, the watchmaker and stagnaro.

The stagnaro, or tinker, was a craftsman, handyman, to whom were worn tools as diverse as the pump to spray copper sulphate to the hoe to the pan, also built the pipes of the houses and on the occasion he was also glazier. 

An original figure was that of the packer packs. His shop was full of paper, cardboard and string. There were addressed, among other things, the people who wanted to send a package to the family emigrated to America. It was necessary to first choose the appropriate container to avoid paying too much: the content were wrapped with foil and tied with string, the package was closed along the edges with glue by mixing flour and boiling water.