white cheese (sirene)

73 (a) vṛ̀zem ja sas kun’è̝c i ja okàčim na gredìte

we tie it on a string and hang it on the beams.

74 (a) i jɛ spùstim takà nìsko i otkɤ̀ sa najadè̝m s’è̝ki da tìča

Then we let it down low, and after we’ve had our fill of eating, everyone runs

75 (a) i da làpa hàp l’ùškat e takà nasàm natàta nasàm natàta

to take a bit of it. Jump! They make it swing from here to there, here to there,

76 (a) l’ùškat i s’èki ìde làpva [laughter] abè takàva be mi

they make it swing, and everyone runs to take a bite. [laughter] Well, such things –

79 (a) drùgi ne mòe otk’ɛ̀snat džumbìš pràvejme i tàa ə bùca

others wouldn’t be able to cut it off. We made [it into] a great party. And that lump –

80 (a) še ja ustàvat v’è̝ke t’èa ìmaa koto za c’àr li ìmaa

they’ll leave it there. They had (= used) it as a sort of medicine.

81 (a) ostàvea kogà imam ìmame dobìtak ta n’àko mladìšte da prudrìšte

They left it [for] when – We have livestock, and when some young person has diarrhea,

82 (a) da skɤ̀same ut ə sìreneto da gu zavìjeme ta da

we cut off a piece of that cheese and bind it on him in order to –

83 (a) da mu sə spr’è̝ tavà d’è̝to go gòni po vɛ̀nka mladìšteto

to stop whatever it is that drives the young person outside [to the outhouse].

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