herbs

104 (a) da dòjdeš da ga napòimo səs orlòvi nòkti

You should come up and [help] us feed it with ‘eagle’s talons’.”

105 (a) orlòvi nòkti è tekvòj travà

“Eagle’s talons” – that’s some kind of herb.

109 (a) [laughter] àjde bàba svarìla orlòvi nòkti jà ìdem onà dṛžì jàgn’eto

So Grandma boiled up the “eagle’s talons”. I go [over] and she holds the lamb

110 (a) jà sipùjem ta ga napòimo tovà ozdravèe jàgn’eto

[while] I pour, and we feed it to it. And the lamb gets better.

7 (a) dobrè ama lènče rèče màjko idì otkinì tàmo

Well anyway, Lenche said, “Mom, go pick [me some herb] over there.”

9 (c) magdanòs

Parsley.

10 (a) ne è magdanòs tìke nò selìn a onì mu dùmu

No, it wasn’t parsley, it was hogweed, but they call it –

26 (c) selìn ama onì go zovə̀t pa drùgo

[It’s] hogweed, but they call it something else.

30 (b) ama tè mnògo go upotrebjàvat za jàdene

They use it a lot for cooking, [don’t they?]

31 (a) ama upotrebjàvu ga natàmo mì tùj nìkoj ne upotrebjàvamo toj

They use it there, but here nobody uses it.

32 (d) tòj selìnata tàm upotrebjàvu kakò mì ovdèka kerevìzɤt u tàa xranà

They use that hogweed stuff there the way we use celery seed here [to season] food.

121 (a) u segà ìma boì ama tegìva sme go varìle ə trevojàci

Well - now there are dyes, but back then we boiled up herbs.

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