slaughtering cattle

67 (a) ne mòžeš ə pò nəpr’èt etùvə kòlehme sɛ̀kə s’èdmicə kràvə

You can’t. And before? Each week we used to slaughter a cow – [sometimes]

68 (a) dv’è i pu trì sme klàli i vərvɛ̀še štòtu bɛ̀ jèftinu

we slaughtered two or three each. And it worked fine! Things were inexpensive.

83 (a) tùri sə nə ədìn prɤ̀t i sə vərtì

And then you put it on a stick and it revolves

85 (a) stàvə i t’èle i òfcə i kòzə sìčku stàvə

[It also] works [with] a calf, or a sheep, or a goat. It’ll work [with] everything.

86 (a) sàmu gul’àmu živòtnu ne mòž də stàne

It’s only a big animal [that it] won’t work [with]

87 (b) kràvə ne mòže

You can’t do it [with] a cow.

65 (b) əə ž’ùpki de jòk pràite vəv burkàni vìe gà slòžite

Uh huh. Not chunks. Don’t you use jars? [Where do you] put [the meat] when

66 (b) n’àkvə tel’è gu zəkòlite nìe gi pràime v burkàni əv

you slaughter a calf or such? We put it up in jars, in –

175 (b) pu ednò t’èle si zəkòl’uvame è tuvà ni e rənàtə nàmi

One calf each. We slaughter [it], and that’s our food.

176 (GK) i kvò go pràixte tèleto agà go zakòl’əte

And what did you do with the calf when you slaughtered it?

177 (b) t’èletu nədrubìme gu f kəzànə kəvərmà gu nəpràime

We cut the veal up into pieces and make it into a casserole in the kettle.

23 (a) əgà gu ne gl’ɤ̀dəš ə ədìn m’è̝sec gu gl’ɤ̀dəj dvà

If you don’t [decide to] keep it, you look after it a month or two

24 (a) i i zàkuli gu [laughter]

and then slaughter it. [laughter]

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