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14 (MM) xòdexa li mu na vrèmeto momìčeta

Did [unmarried] girls go out on that occasion in the old days?

15 (a) ə xòdexme

Well, we did.

16 (c) mi xòdexa xòdexa

They did, they did.

17 (MM) sàmo momìčeta xòdexa

Did only girls go out?

18 (a) sàmo momìčeta

Only girls.

19 (MM) kakvì mu ku koì momìčeta do kojà vɤ̀zras momìčeta

Which kind of girls? Which girls? Girls up to what age?

20 (a) ami učenìci dokɤd’à desetìna dvanàese godìni

Well, schoolgirls. Up to ten or twelve years old.

22 (a) takìva momìčeta sɤbìrat sə pèt momìčeta ednò za kumà

Such girls. Five girls get together and one [more] as “godmother” –

26 (a) dvè po dvè pèea

they’d [go out] two by two and sing.

42 (a) na velìden ˀotìvat na derèto nòsat buàlkata okɤ̀pat a

on Easter they go to the river, they take the laundry paddle and bathe it.

43 (MM) na kumàta

[The one belonging] to the “godmother”.

44 (a) na u kumàta

[Yes,] “the godmother”.

46 (a) tàa dèto e

The one that was …

47 (MM) kumà na làzarkite

… “godmother” of the “lazarki” (girls that sing in procession on St. Lazar’s day).

48 (a) na làzarkite ìdat na derèto dèk ne presɤ̀:va derèto

… with the “lazarki”. They go to the river, to a place where it never dries up,

49 (a) okɤ̀pat buàlkat tàm dèt še bùame drèite è

they bathe the laundry paddle in the place where we launder the clothes –

51 (a) na onovà dɤrvò mu kàzvame buxàlka i sa vrɤ̀štat

that piece of wood, we call it a laundry paddle – and [then] they come back.

52 (a) ìdat u kumàta u tèjnia dvòr tìa sčukàle bulgùr

They go to yard of the “godmother’s” house; they’ve already processed the bulgur

63 (a) še ni s polòžat si trapèza takà

and they’ll lay out for us a festive table, and such.

64 (MM) tovà sè u kumàta stàva mm

And all that happens at the “godmother’s” house, yes?

65 (a) sè u kumàta da

All at the “godmother’s”, yes …

66 (d) u kumàta tàa ka na baštàta

At the “godmother’s”, she – at the house of the “godmother’s” father.

67 (a) polòžat ə trapèza

They set out the festive table,

68 (d) na kumàta u baštàta

At the father of the godmother.

69 (a) nas’àdame ednì ottùk ednì ottùk nasìpat ni kàša

we take our seats, some here, some there; they dish out kasha for us,

70 (a) ob’àdvame i zanesèm èjca tə tùrnem tàm

we eat a meal, we take eggs, and put them there

71 (a) na màsata na lazarkìn’ətə

on the table for the main Lazar-singer.

74 (MM) dobrè tàzi godìna ednò momìče e kumà drùgata godìna

Fine. So this year one girl is “godmother”. [What about] the next year?

75 (a) na drùgata godìna pa drùgo

There’s another one next year –

79 (a) redùvat sə

They take turns

96 (a) pràvea vàjdudùlki ima f sèl

The “vaydudulki” [performers in rain-making rituals] would –

98 (a) vàjdudùlki segà prìmerno tàa mi e sestrà

“Vaydudulki”, well – For instance one was my sister,

99 (a) ama i nàj màlkatḁ istɤrsàka mu kàzvame

but the youngest one. We call it “the baby of the family”.

100 (d) nàj napòsle kojà se e rodìla

The one that was born the latest.

119 (d) polìvame dudùlkata

We pour water on the "vaydudulka" (the center of the rain ritual, the one decorated with greenery)

120 (MM) è ə s’àko momìče li mòže da bɤ̀de vàjdudùlka

And can any girl be the “vaydudulka”?

121 (a) sàmo koè sa e rodìlo nàj pòsle

Only the one that was born the most recently.

122 (d) istɤrsàka

The baby of the family.

123 (a) sled nègo da nèma

After her there mustn’t be –

124 (d) poslèdnoto

The last one.

126 (a) sled nègo da nèma drùgo

There mustn’t be any one after her.

127 (d) ako ìma čètiri momìčenca f ednà kɤ̀šta poslèdnoto

[If there’s] four girls in one house [it has to be] the last one [born].

129 (d) istɤrsàka dèto e

The one that is the baby of the family.

130 (a) momìčeta momčèta koèto e vèče nàj pòsle

The one that’s the last [to be born, of all] the girls and boys –

131 (a) tò se prài na vàjdudùlka

that’s the one that they make the “vaydudulka”.

132 (MM) dà dà po n’àkoj selà fàštat cìganče da bɤ̀de

Yes, yes. In some villages they get a gypsy girl to be –

133 (a) nìe ne smè pravìle

We did not do [that]

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