magic

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3 (a) bèmo gòre kòpašemo li kvò li a nò se pòkaza oddòle

we were up there digging, or something, and from down below there appeared

4 (a) nèkvo nò ìmaše ukràse kvò li nè jà dùmaše

something, it had [some sort of] decoration. What sort of thing is this, I thought,

21 (VZh) pa tì kvò pomìsli če e tì dùmaše če če madžìja takà li

So what did you think this was? You thought [it was] magic, right?

23 (VZh) a kəkvò e tòj magìja

And what is this magic?

24 (a) no sìne ìde [laughter]

my child, it comes as [laughter] –

25 (VZh) e pa kòj če go napràj tòj

And who performs this [sort of thing]?

26 (a) [cough] no tekà odàvna bèše madžìje e decàta bèu kazùjem g’im za

[cough] But there was magic a long time ago. The children were – I tell them –

31 (VZh) ta da vìdim znàči kvò e kogà e nišàn kvò e

So let’s see then what [it’s about]. What is it when it’s a sign of treasure,

32 (VZh) kogà e madžìja kvò e tovà e li što sa dvè razlìčni

and what is it when it’s magic? Why are the two different [from one another]?

35 (a) a kogà e nišàn

Ah, when is it a sign of treasure?

36 (VZh) əxə

Yes.

37 (a) magìje nàjdeš

Well. magic is – you find [it] –

39 (a) odàvna bàbičke pa bàju pa plàšu naròd

A long time ago old women would cast spells and frighten people.

40 (a) bàbičke splàšu mladìčite pa zbèru edno drùgo

Old women would frighten young people, they’d collect this and that

41 (a) pa ìdu na čovèka na vràtḁ pa pràju màgije

and go to someone’s door and cast spells.

42 (a) uvìvaju kadà kṛpl’àk kadà cvèk’e tùru kadà svèče tùra

They’d wind rugs [on the door], or leave a flower, or leave candles.

43 (a) nalì znaèš i tòj kàe pràeno madžìje na èdi si na kogà

You know, don’t you, that means magic spells are cast on somebody or another.

46 (b) strìgani sa decà

Children’s hair would be shorn [in an effort to bewitch them].

47 (a) n è na mòja sìn n è

Well, [in the case of] my son –

48 (VZh) a decà če strìžu e štò

Ah, they would shear children’s hair? But why?

49 (a) bòže no mòjə sìn je napràeno mu detìnstvo

Well, my God, it was done to my son when he was a little child.

50 (a) dojdè tùja a nò mu kosìcata tùj na tèmeto ostrìženo

He came up and [I saw] that his hair was shorn, here around the crown of his head.

51 (a) è tòlko parčènce ostrìženo mu ot kosùtu i ga izèdou

Here, just a part of his hair shorn away. They ( = magic forces) did him in,

52 (a) na drùgo devòjče tàj štò gi praìla šturotìe

and also the other girl. That one who was doing stupid things to them –

53 (b) na trìma e napràeno

[Spells] were cast on [all] three of them!

55 (b) na edìnijə za bòlest na edìnijə za pijànstvo

One was bewitched into illness, another into drunkenness,

56 (b) na drùgata za mrek’è

and the other one into dying.

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