One interesting Italian practice used in the late 1800's was to recite the Latin Pater Noster or Lord's Prayer double time--that is a practioner would repeat each Latin phrase twice.
Pater noster,The purpose of this practice, apparently, was to encourage the saint petitioned to act quickly on the practioner's behalf due to the urgency of the petition.
Pater noster,
qui es in caelis,
qui es in caelis,
sanctificetur Nomen tuum;
sanctificetur Nomen tuum;
adveniat regnum tuum;
adveniat regnum tuum;
fiat voluntas tua,
fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in caelo et in terra;
sicut in caelo et in terra;
panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
et dimitte nobis debita nostra
et dimitte nobis debita nostra
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
sed libera nos a malo;
sed libera nos a malo.
Amen. Amen.
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen
The petitioner would then recite the standard Catholic prayer to whichever saint he was petitioning. He would likely include prayers such as Ave Maria, Gloria, and probably one more Pater Noster recited in the usual manner.
As in the case of the Benedicaria Egg Healing Ritual , many Italians who use these sorts of practices are devout Roman Catholics and do not view what they do as sorcery, witchcraft, or pagan.
As I neither read nor speak Latin, I have never tried this practice.
--Myth Woodling, 2007