Most Italian cities because of poverty until after World war II had many street children. Some were called basket children. Some photographs show the street children of Cagliari, the bigger Sardinian town, in late 19th or early 20th century. In those times there were street children in many Italian towns. Perhaps the most famous were the Neapolitans, called "scugnizzi". In Cagliari they were called "piccioccus de crobi" (in the Sardinian dialect "basket boys") because these boys usually carried a basket. They went to the port or to the market and brought little merchandise to sell around town and earn a little money. However they were also often little thieves. They wore old clothing and were barefoot.
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