... there is also the torrent of S. Matteo
or of the Madonna del Rosario
(Our Lady of the Rosary),
that falls precisely during
the last ten days of September.

It is characterized by the "marenca" wind
and by the sudden swelling of the waters
of the lake that rise as much
as a meter in a single night ...

 

"Il borgo e La pieve di Cannobio" (vol.1)
Aquilino Zammaretti (1932)