The folk group of San Gregorio Matese in 1981

Painter Gioacchino Toma, living in San Gregorio

Villa Ginevra during the 20s

The ancient via Pagliereccia, main street of San Gregorio Matese

The brigants began to infest the Matese in the first years of 1800s. Among them were many young people of San Gregorio. There was a certain Mezzullo and the well-known Francesco Stocchetti, aforementioned Mezzavoce, who did not hesitate to attack Pietraroia with its band.
As time passes on. On the days of festivity the girls wear their good clothing, as the folk costume recovered in the years '80 from the Local Tourist Association (Pro Loco). At Christmas time the young people sing the "12 Months" going from house to house, from the Ciminterio to the end down "in the middle of Copela". At Easter they carry the frittata (omelettes) to be blessed. But the most heartfelt festivity is the Corpus Domini, when the colorful blankets are exposed in the windows while the archpriest with the monstrance in hand passes by.

Nearby the lake a festivity for St. Michael Archangel is held, while the more devout people go on foot to Sala di Caserta village, in honor of St. Donato.

San Gregorio Matese is a tranquil village. The poor work and eat little; the rich are well and enlarge their property. The wealth comes from the sheep. During the summer the sheep are on the Matese, while in winter they come down in droves to Tavoliere of the Puglia, where the rich sangregorians, the owners of the "lease" are at the nearby Sheep Custom house of Foggia. Every year it is a biblical exodus that brings many men and boys away from the village. From October to May they transfer themselves to the villages of Apricena and San Severo. In San Gregorio the farmers, the old men, the women with the children all remain.

In order to remove the summer thunderstorms, the parochial bell, named Maria Soprana, is heard.
The Caso family has the palace, that one for antonomasia, until the today place of evening meeting is just called "on the palace", like it is still today, two centuries later. The other Caso family has its villa in the Calcarella lane, which is under the arc of Elci street. At one time a guest of theirs was the young Gioacchino Toma, a painter who will became famous; he paints in San Gregorio the portraits of the local notables.

Adjacent to the Caso of Calcarella villa, the Del Giudice family built the Villa Ginevra, because the family had so enlarged itself that there was no more spacious in the paternal palace. This great construction that runs on two sides of the main road of the village, from the point where the Congrega Church is now, extending from Tore street down to Padule, to the palm near the spring. After the passing of the Del Giudice family, in a part of the palazzo, the barracks of the Police officers were lodged until the 1960s.