dyeing

Baskalci 1

242 (a) a pa kòj e tirikàt pәk pò ràno dә si jә isčìni

But someone who’s a clever one will dye it earlier,

Graševo

88 (a) izmìež vɤlnàtə ìdiš uvlàčiš jə upredèš jə vàpcəš jə

you wash the wool, you go and card it, you spin it, you dye it,

Kozičino 1

41 (a) ut vɛ̀lnə gu prid’èm i gu bujd’ìsvam’e i gu tač’èm

We spin [the thread] from wool, and [then] we dye it, and [then] we weave it.

Kozičino 2

3 (b) če gu pr’asùkvəmi če xòdim də bir’èm lìs

and we twist them together. [Then] we go gather [some] leaves

4 (b) i sɑ̀čkə či gu bujəd’ìsvəme vɑ̀pcwəme gu də stàvə č’è̟rən

and we dye them [with] “sacha” (ferrous sulfate). We dye it [until] it turns black.

5 (b) kəd gù vɑ̀pcəme či gu nəwìəme nə mutuvìl’čitu̥

After we dye it, we wind it onto the yarn-crutch.

Kruševo 3

62 (a) i šə gu vàpcəš vèk’e kəkò ìskəš əku e b’èlu

and then you’ll dye it, whatever [color] you want, if it’s white –

63 (RA) a tì li gi vàpcaš

And do you do the dyeing?

64 (a) emi às

Well, yes! I do.

73 (RA) jə jə jə jə a boì otkədè gi zèmaš

Yes, yes, yes, yes. But where do you get your dyes from?

74 (a) ut cìgənkìt’e̥

From gypsy women.

75 (RA) a takà li a ednò vrème pràvat ot trevà li

Is that right? And in the old days did they make them from herbs?

76 (a) nəpr’èš’ ud məgəzìnə si̥

Earlier, from the store.

77 (RA) sàmo od magazina

Only from the store.

78 (a) ud məgəzìnə si kupòvəhme

We used to buy them from the store.

79 (a) ut trevàtə ni sɤ̀m pràilə

I haven’t made [any] from herbs.

81 (a) e s’à bujədìsuvàme nèjde ud òrei

But now we sometimes make dyes from walnuts.

83 (a) ud òrei bujədìsvəme ut kàmen bujədìsuvàme

We make dyes from walnuts, we make dyes from stones –

85 (a) ut kàmen nədɤ̀rpuvàme kàmenìč’evu i si gu izvàrim izvàrimè i

We pick lichens off of stones, and boil them up. We boil [them], and

86 (a) s’ètn’e putàp’əme pr’èlutu pə də vìdiš kəkòf krəsìf cv’èt stàvə

then we soak the yarn [in it] and you should see what a pretty color it gives!

94 (a) pò ùbavu ut kàmenìč’evu

[Much] nicer. [Colors] from lichens, …

96 (a) ud òreòvu təkà bujədìsu̥vàme pə ìnəč’è si kupòvəme bujà

… from walnuts. We’d make those dyes. Otherwise we buy colors

97 (a) ud məgəzìnetu ut cìgənkìte kupùvəme

from the store, and we buy them from gypsy women.

Nasalevci 1

201 (a) se predè predè predè ispredè se bojadìše se čèrɤn isùši se

You spin and spin and spin, when that’s done you dye it black, dry it –

Repljana 3

23 (a) pa pòsle gi učìnimo i àjde nòse na kròen’e šivàč koj jè

And then we dye it, and now they take it for sewing – [to the] tailor, you know?

27 (a) ne čìne ga deràmčeta ò ženà pa si nòsi na ràbutu

he didn’t dye it. Vests. Ah, a woman wears those to work in –

Stančov Han 1

87 (PSh) platnòto kàk go bojadìsvaxte pòsle

The fabric! How did you dye it afterwards?

88 (a) b’èli gi nòs’exme kòjtu ìskә

We wore [our clothes] white. People who wanted to ...

90 (a) si gi bujәdìsvә

... would dye them.

91 (PSh) ama s kakvò bojadìsvat

But what do they use to dye with?

92 (a) ə buì si ìmәši tugàs buì buì buì

There were dyes back then. Dyes, dyes, dyes

93 (a) kujàtu kvàtu bujɤ̀ ìskәš tәkvàs ši si jə nәpràiš

Whatever dye ( = color) you want, that’s how you’ll make it.

94 (PSh) ama gi kupùvaxte ili si gi pràexte

But did you buy them or did you make them?

95 (a) kupùvəxmi gi ə dà

We bought them.

96 (PSh) a ne sì pràvexte boì

You didn’t make your dyes?

97 (a) n’è à ud òr’exə bujәdìsvәmi n’àkui ràbuti̥ è tùkә s’à ìmәm n’àkui

No. Well, we dye certain things using walnuts. Here, now I have some,

98 (a) è ut unìjә tùj ud òr’exә stàvә kәf’àvu è tùj

like this one. You get brown [color] from walnuts. Like this [one].

100 (a) segànkə ut òr’ehә sә bujәdìsvә ìnәči nè e

They dye this [color even] now from walnuts, [it’s] not [possible] otherwise.

101 (a) buì si gi kupùvəxmi әmì kәt ìskәd dә gu pusin’ɤ̀t

We bought [all other] dyes. But when they wanted to make something blue –

102 (a) stàriti òrә gu nòsea pò sìn’u mlàditi b’àlu gu nòs’әt dà

old people wore more blue [but] young [people] wear white. Yes.

Sŭrnica 2

54 (MM) dà a za bojadìsvanetu

Yes. And [what] about the dyeing?

55 (a) zə buedìsvənetu si zìmme bujɤ̀ ut cìgənkìte i limòntuzù si zìməme

For the dyeing you get dyes from gypsy women, and we [also] get lemon salt

56 (a) pàk si slòž’iš’ kəzànə tùk nə dvòrə i si gi buedìsəš’

Again you set the cauldron up here in the yard, and you dye them.

58 (a) kvà pr’èž’də ìskəš’

[You dye] the yarn [to be] whatever [color] you want.

59 (MM) à prèždata bojadìsvaš

Ah, it’s the yarn that you dye.

60 (a) pr’èž’dətə buedìsvəme zel’ènə li s’ìnə li č’ərv’ènə li urànževà li

It’s the yarn we dye. Green, or blue, or red, or orange, whatever [you want].

61 (b) nə enò nə enòtu

One at a time.

62 (a) kvàtu ìskəš’ pr’èž’də slàgəš’ kəzànə buedìsvəš

Whatever [color] of yarn you want, you fix up the cauldron [again] and dye it.

63 (a) buedìsəš’ ednàtə màhneš’ jə buedìsəš’ drùgə pàk buedìsvəmè si

You dye one, take it out, dye the next, and [that’s how] we do the dyeing.

64 (b) i s kəmen’òk buedìsvəhə pàk

And they used to dye with “kamenyok” (lichen) too.

87 (a) nəbir’èm kəmen’òk nəbir’èm

We pick the lichen. We pick it …

88 (b) i s korì bujədìsvət

They also [make] dye from bark.

89 (a) izvərìme gu n’ègu vəf kəzànə izvərìme izvàdiš’ n’ègu màhniš’

… and boil it up in the cauldron. We boil it, take it out, get it out,

90 (a) slòž’iš’ pr’èž’dətə slòž’iš’ i kəmen’òkə vərhù òš

put in the yarn, and put the lichen [back in] on top of that …

91 (b) i səs kurì

… and from bark.

92 (a) i gu dərž’iš’

… and you keep it [there for a while] –

93 (b) i səs kurì buedìsvəhə kəf’àvu

They dyed [things] brown with bark.

94 (a) i jèlhuvi kurì pàk

Bark from fir trees.

96 (a) ut jelhà pàk š’ə nəbir’èš’ kurà pàk səs jelhà kurà pà buedìsvəme

You pick bark off a fir tree. [Yes,] we also dye [things] with fir bark.

100 (b) kəf’àvu buedìsvət

They dye [things] brown.

104 (MM) znàči ženìte si bojadìsvaxa tùka

So women did their own dyeing here …

105 (a) buedìsvəhə si ò

Oho, did they do the dyeing!

106 (MM) ne ne dàvaxa na drùgi mestà da im se bojadìsva

They didn’t – they didn’t take it other places to have it dyed for them.

107 (b) nè nè tugàvə nɛ̀məše

No, there was no such thing then.

109 (MM) na drùgi selà otnàs’at po bujadžìjnici

In other villages they take [things] out to the dye-works.

110 (a) n’ɛ̀məš’e tugàf nìkədè kədè də buedìsvəš’ mɤ̀ i s’à si buedìsvəme

At that time there wasn’t anywhere to [take things] to dye. Even now we dye our own,

112 (a) i kugàt si ti dòjde i kugàt si ìməš’ vr’ɛ̀me

And when you feel like it, and when you have time,

113 (a) pàk š’ə si buedìsvəš’

you’ll still do your own dyeing.

115 (a) kəd’è də ìdiš’ nə inò vrɛ̀me nɛ̀mə kəd’è n’èmə kəd’è də ìdiš’

Where are you going to go? In the old days there wasn’t anywhere to go.

116 (a) kòj də ti buedìsə i utkəd’è àš’kele minàvəhə təkà buedž’ìi

Who would dye for you, and where? Fortunately some dyers would come by

117 (b) pə dunìsət buɛ̀

And they bring the dyes.

118 (a) cìgənki drùgi tr’èti tə nəzìmiš’ bujɤ̀ tə si buedìsvəš’

Gypsy women, other [groups], a third [group], you’d get dye [from them], you do the dyeing

119 (a) tə si nəpràiš’ nɛ̀š’tu də si ìma də se ubl’əč’èš’

and make something so you’ve got [clothes] to wear.

Sveta Petka 1

34 (MM) čàkaj a bojadìsvane kòj

Wait – but [what about] the dyeing? Who –

35 (a) ami ìma i bujәdìsvane pa i nèma bojadìsvane

Well, there’s dyeing, and then there isn’t dyeing.

36 (c) bujadìsuvànetò e pàsoš vèlingràt

For dyeing there’s Pasosh [in] Velingrad.

37 (a) ìma bèli si š’ɛ̀ečni

There’s white, homespun –

38 (b) č’ɤ̀rno e bèlo

Black and white.

39 (a) č’ɤ̀rno i bɛ̀lo pa ìma i p š’àreni

Black, and white, and there’s also multicolored.

40 (MM) dobrè kòj vi gi bojadìsva

O.K. And who dyes them for you?

41 (a) vèlingràtᵊ

[In] Velingrad ...

43 (a) pàzәrdž’ìkᵊ

... [and] Pazardzhik.

46 (MM) i sè ot tàm li ste xòdili tùka vàšte stàrite

And did you always go there, your ancestors here?

47 (a) ә n’àma n’àma n’àma tùka

No, nothing [like that]. Nothing.

48 (c) i nàšte stàrite sìčki

All our ancestors too –

49 (a) n’àma tàm tàm vrɤvɛ̀a sìčko ž’ìvo tàm vrɤvì

No. [We went] there. Everyone, but everyone went there.

51 (a) tàm n’èma tùk n’èmәš’e bojadž’ìjnici sàmo vèlingràt ali pàzardž’ìk

There aren’t, and weren’t, any dyers here. Only [in] Velingrad or Pazardzhik.

74 (MM) takà e dobrè a šàrkite kòj ti kàzva kàg da gi tùriš

O.K. then. [When you weave] who tells you how to arrange the patterns?

75 (a) bojadžìja bojadžìja fànem sà ut š’àrkitè i

The dyer, the dyer. We look at the patterns and

87 (MM) tòj š ti bojadìsa

[So then] he’ll dye it for you,

88 (MM) ama tì kàg da tùriš kojà šàrka kɤdè da bɤ̀de

but you [decide] how to place it, which pattern goes where.

100 (c) sàm si bojadìsvaš

You dye it yourself.

Tihomir 1

148 (GM) amə gà sa šèreni

But [the ones that] are multicolored?

149 (a) ča bàgrime gɯ as bajɔ̀ bàgrime gɯ s bajɔ̀

We dye them with dye. We dye them with dye,

150 (a) i pɔ̀strime gɯ tač'ème gᵚi pàk s etò as kač'ɔ̀

and make the colors varied. We weave them, the same way, with a shuttle.

266 (GK) i kàk bàgrexte li

Then what? Did you dye them?

267 (a) bàgrime

We dye them.

268 (GK) kàk se bàgri

How do you dye them?

269 (a) č'e č'erv’ènɤ bàgrim'e kupòvame bajɔ̀ta

We dye them red. We buy dye –

270 (a) č'erv'ènə zel'èno sìn'o č'ɔ̀rno pɔ̀strehme

red, green, blue, black – and we'd mix the colors.

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