milking sheep

Baskalci 1

61 (a) bizàәt cìcәt àgnetata slèt tovà i predòjva:me kәtu i predòime

The lambs suckle, and after that we milk the sheep. When we’ve done that,

62 (a) sabèreme i jàs ìәm dә kàžem pedesè mәznìki tì ìmәž dvàese

we gather them up. Let’s say I have fifty to milk and you have twenty,

63 (a) drùgijo ìma pèd drùgijo dèset i i sɤbèreme nә ednò mèsto

Another has five, another has ten. So we gather them in one place,

64 (a) trìsta òfci trìsta maznìci i tàmoka znàči kato i sabèreme

three hundred sheep, three hundred to milk, and then after we’ve gathered them

65 (a) premèrime si nәpràime prèmas

we take measure, we do the reference milking.

66 (GK) kàk sa prài prèmәs

How is reference milking done?

67 (a) è әmi sèki izmɤ̀zvә nèguvite i i mèrime

Well, each one milks his sheep dry, and we measure

68 (a) kòj kòj kòlku mu pùštәt i nә kilòtu putfɤ̀rl’әme nәprìmer

how much each one gives, and ascribe it by kilos. For instance

69 (a) nә ednò kilò putfɤ̀rl’әme trìese kìlə dә mu se dàdәt

thirty kilos are ascribed [to an owner] for each kilo in the reference milking.

71 (a) prez letòtu mɤzničàre si ì̥mә̥še̥ ufčàre dvàmә li trìmә li ke mɤ̀zәt

During the summer there were milkers. Two or three shepherds do the milking

72 (a) mәzničàre se tìjә kәžùvәt mәzničàre i nəli tijə dòat i mәzàt i

These were called “milkers”, and they do the milking.

73 (a) i nә tebeka nә prèmɤzu kòlku ti e došlò

So then whatever came out to be your share at the reference milking

74 (a) dvè kìlә ti e dušlò pu trì vèdrә dә kàžem

[if] it came out to be two kilos, then you’d take three pails, let’s say.

75 (a) nìa vèdrә gu vìka:me vedròtu sәbìra dvanàese kìlә

We called them pails; a pail can take [up to] twelve kilos.

77 (a) mlèku znàči trì kìlә ti e bìlu trì vèdra ke ti dàәt

Of milk. So if you had three kilos, they’ll give you three pails

78 (a) trìese kìlә ke ìmәš mlèku tì dә zìmәš drùgijo drùgijo

and you’d have thirty kilos of milk to take. Then the next, the next,

79 (a) i tuvà kàrә znàči edìn mèsec ili dvà mòže dә otkàrә

and that would go on for a month, or it could go on for two [months].

81 (a) izdàde se mlekòtu mlekòtu nә xòrәtә se izdàde pòsle si i rәzlàčvәt

The milk gets distributed to people, and then they separate out [the sheep].

92 (GK) dobrè a tòo tàm dètu e nàj glàvnijә kәt sә prài prèmlәs

OK. Now back to when they note the yield. The head person [there],

93 (GK) òn kàk sә kәžùvә

what do you call him?

98 (a) è è bàč ә әmә znàči nәlì ti kәžùvәm

Well, sure, sheep owner. Didn’t I tell you

99 (a) kәtu se putfɤ̀rli mlekòtu nәprìmer dnèskә bәčùvәm àzeka

about ascribing milk [at the reference milking]? Today I’d be sheep owner,

101 (a) ùtre dòjde drùgiju trètijo pètijo tìja od ufčàreto aku sə trìmə

tomorrow another, a third, a fifth – If there are three shepherds,

102 (a) naprìmer tìjə se tìjə sə èdnəkvi i i trìmәtә nәprìmer idìn ìmә

for instance, they’re – the three are equal, but [of them] one would be

103 (a) kәtu zà čaùš odgovòrnik nàči nә stàdutu̥ sè ednò kәtu odgovòrnik nә stàduto

as if in charge, responsible for the flock. Yes, responsible for the flock.

104 (a) i drùgite òn kәtu vòdi tàmoka nәprìmer kato mèrɤt tuvà mlekòto mèri se

and he’d lead the others there, when they are measuring the milk,

105 (a) òn go mèri zapìsva si tàm ama ne zapìsvaa sәs tәkòvә

he’d measure it and write it down. But they wouldn’t write with [pen and paper],

114 (GK) tɤ̀j i kɤdè gi mɤzète òfcite

So. Now, where do you milk the sheep?

115 (a) әmi ufcìte si se nәpràvә tɤ̀rla tәkòa košàrka si se napràva

Well, for the sheep, they make a pen, a sheepfold gets made.

116 (a) ne sàm pušàč ne iskam košà košàra se napràva znàči

No thanks, I don’t smoke. So they make a sheepfold,

117 (a) i tàmoka ì mɤzàt

and that’s where they milk them.

122 (a) dvè trì vratìčki kato sèdnat trìma mazničàre na stòluvetu

Two or three little gates where three milkers sit on stools.

124 (a) à nә nə stòluvetu jà sam na tòja stòl

Right. So [we’re] on stools. I’m on this stool,

125 (a) tì si na tòja tùa a a ofcète vrɤvàt pomeždu nàs

you’re on that one there, and the sheep pass between us.

126 (GK) izodzàde

From behind.

127 (a) o o odzàt tùka kәtu e trɤ̀lata znàči ìma si pokaričàr

In the back here by the sheepfold there’s the driver.

128 (GK) tɤ̀j tòj kvò prài

Right, and what does he do?

129 (a) bàčo stòje znàči odzàt i gòn’uva i znàči za da vrɤvàt ofcìte

The sheep owner stands behind and drives the sheep so they move [straight]

130 (a) da vrɤvàt za òti k’i izlègәt nèkoj pa mo

– move straight, because otherwise one might get out and –

131 (a) pa onìja nèma da izlègәt tò i ne mòže dә stàne

But this way they won’t escape [unmilked], it won’t happen,

132 (a) i tùka e grәdèš nәlì

because there’s this wall, right? and

134 (a) tàm è tè si vrɤvàt sàmi si vrәvàt tùka otprèt e pà zagràdeno

So they move along by themselves, it’s blocked off in front,

135 (a) tɤ̀rla ìma pàg zә dә ne izlègәt kato se izmɤ̀zat premèrɤt mlekòto

the pen is there so they don’t get out during the milking. The milk is measured,

136 (a) zakùsɤt ne znàm štò i hàjde pùštәt i tòja dèn

they have some sort of breakfast, then OK, let them go! and the rest of the day

138 (GK) i tovà t’àsnoto mèsto tàm dèto minàvat kàk se kažùva

And what do you call that narrow area that they move along,

139 (GK) dèka sedɤ̀t mazničàrete

where the milkers are sitting?

140 (a) sràga sràga

A “straga” (passage).

142 (a) sràga se kә nә stràgata po nàči tovà e sràga ponèže minàvat

It’s called “straga”, the place where they pass by

143 (a) әku sɤ pòveče òfci ili pòveče mɤzničàre trì čètiri stòla ìma

If there are more sheep or more milkers, there’ll be three or four stools,

144 (a) dә kàžeme әku sә pò màlku trì stòla ìma

for instance; if there are less, then there’ll be three stools.

145 (a) sèdnɤt abe tòčno tәkà sàmu če stòluvetu kàg dә ti opìsvәm

They sit – just how, on these stools, how to describe [this] to you?

146 (a) tò stòlu znàči se napràvә sè ednò

It’s a stool, it’s made, well –

147 (b) kato trùpče

Like a wooden block.

148 (a) sɤz bàzi sɤs čìmuve si gu nәpràvәt tәkà otprède è tәkà pudìgneno

They make it with chunks of sod. It’s built up in front like this,

149 (a) è kәtu tuvà sә dìgnәti nәgòre i tuvà tàmuka kәtu izlìzәt ufcìte

Like this, built up high, at the spot where the sheep come out,

150 (a) àh nә sràgәtә dә ne mòž də utèče ufcàtə znàči nә sràgәtә

in the “straga” so that any one sheep can’t run away, there in the “straga”.

151 (a) pres sràgәtә minàvәt à kәtu prez vrәtàtә saà tùka nәprìmer

They pass through the “straga”. It’s like passing through a gate, for instance,

152 (a) sàmo če pò tèsno e tәkà

except it’s more narrow, just enough …

154 (a) kòlkoto ofcàta dә minàva

… for a sheep to pass through.

156 (a) ednà po ednà minàvat

They pass through one at a time.

158 (a) òti aku sә tìjә trìmәtә tàm mɤzničàre dә kàžem

So if there are three milkers there, for instance,

159 (a) tòj a fàšta tàә i i ә izdòje izmɤ̀ze a drùgijo drùgata

one grabs a sheep and milks it dry, and the next another,

160 (a) n nìe nә ednàk ne mòš ne də i izmɤ̀zeme jàs pùštәm tàa

and we can’t milk them all at once. I release one,

161 (a) tì lòviž drùgәtә drùgәtә i tàm si pustojànu vrɤvì si

you grab another, then another, and it’s a constant move through.

162 (a) nә sràgәtә si vrɤvàt pustujànnu òfci òti edìnu pùštә

The sheep keep on moving through the “straga”, since one releases,

163 (a) drùgiju lòvi znàči tò se brɤ̀že stàvә tàmoka što sə

another grabs, and it all gets done quickly like that.

169 (GK) dèto tovà tò dèto go mɤzèš

… below the thing that you milk.

170 (a) vɤf ә vәf tuvà što go mɤzèš ml’àkutu le

in the – in the thing where you get the milk?

171 (GK) à nә ufcàtә tuvà dètu se sɤbìrә

On the sheep, where it accumulates –

Baskalci 2

48 (a) na bačìjata na màndrata tùk è gòo kogà se mɤzàt

At the dairy farm, up there where they do the milking,

Belica 3

3 (MM) čàkaj segà sled màlko əf mlekòto da ni kàeš kàg go rabòtiš

Wait [and go] in a bit. The milk – tell us you how process it.

4 (a) emi mlekòto mlekòto kato ìzdoa ofcìte dnèska pèt òfci li sa

Well, milk – milk. I milk the sheep today, maybe it’s five sheep,

5 (a) šès li sa ìzdoa go ako mì trèbe sìrene jà si go pòtsira

maybe it’s six. I milk [them] and if it’s white cheese I need, I curdle [it].

Brŭšljan 1

21 (a) hràneš'e ˀàgneətə nə.òb'et št'ɛ̀še də i dukàrə də gi i duìme

feeding the lambs. At noon he'd take them to [where] we milk [the sheep].

22 (a) dujàhne gi prenàs'əhme ml'əkòtu səs məgàretə vəf s'èlu du pùntə

We milked them, and took the milk on donkeys to the village, to the collection point

23 (a) kəd'ètu beše vəf s'èlutu i təkà prutìč'əš'i cal c'ɛ̀lijə sezòn

that was [located] in the village. And so went the whole season

Dolna Sekirna 3

2 (a) ako nèma pla

If he’s not, it –

6 (VZh) i kozàta ama ofcàta ofcàta oš

Goats too, but sheep – sheep –

7 (a) ako ne sì i muzàl ta se plàši i kràvata rìta

If you haven’t milked it [before], it gets afraid. A cow will kick.

11 (a) nèma nèma trèbe da te poznàva i ofcà i kràva i kozà

It won’t, it won’t. Sheep, cows, goats – they have to know you.

12 (a) i sìčko ne tè li poznàva nèma da ti dadè mlekòto

All of them: if they don’t know you, they won’t give you milk.

14 (a) i òvce smo mùzli əm tṛlà pe zagòn znàete li

We milked sheep in the pen, in the “zagon” (closed space). Do you know

29 (a) ema jà nàj malèčka ne mògu jòšte ne mòže da muzèm

Well, I was the smallest. I still can’t – I still can’t do the milking.

34 (a) i kàram i muzù ovcè ə baštà mi zbère òvce tàmo

I drive them, they milk the sheep, and my father gathers the sheep there.

35 (a) ìmaše ednà maalà oddòle dòjdu xòrata na muzèn’e

There was a neighborhood below, people came up for milking.

36 (a) sèdnu ispremuzù si ovcète tu kòj kòlko ìma mlekò kòj kòlko

They sit, milk out the sheep, then [figure] how much milk there is,

37 (a) kom komù kòlko e mlekòto

who gets how much milk.

39 (a) tèbe ako e dvè kilà dvà dɤ̀na če gi muzèš

For you – if it’s two kilos, then you can milk them for two days.

40 (a) tèbe ako e trì kilà trì dɤ̀na ako e ednò kilò

For you – if it’s three kilos, three days; if it’s one kilo

41 (a) edɤ̀n dɤ̀n primèrno

then one day. That’s the model.

43 (a) narèt si muzèmo ovcète

We milk the sheep in order.

44 (a) nèma sèki da ìde da muzè a narètᵊ

It’s not each milking [as he wishes], but in order.

45 (a) komšìete tìja što su ofcè dɤnɤ̀ska edìn muzè jùtre drùk

They’re neighbors, as concerns sheep. Today one milks, tomorrow another,

Drjanovec 2

39 (a) tàm dujɤ̀t s mɤgàr:tȁ nòsɤt ml’àku̥tȕ tɤkòstu s’è sɤ nɤjnò

they milk them there and bring the milk back on donkeyback – they do everything together.

Gigen 2

27 (d) slàgame na àgəncə̥tə i trìci edɤ̀t pòsle gi odbìvame dojɤ̀t ofcète̝

We give the lambs bran to eat. Then we wean them so we can milk the sheep.

Gorno Vŭršilo 2

42 (b) càl dvàese godìni gi pàso:me doì:me jàgneta gledà:me ranì:me gi

all– for 20 years we pastured them, we milked them, we looked after the lambs, fed them,

Hvojna 1

2 (a) nə zdòj də si rəspredel’ɤ̀t ut kòlku òfce kəkvò mòže də pulùči

deal with the milking, so as to figure out who gets how much milk from how many sheep.

3 (a) i kət sə ə upredel’ìlo vìkəhə gu v’edrà kòlku v’edrà

and when they’ve determined what they called the “pail” [amount], how many “pails”

4 (a) mòže də z’ème nəprìm’er n’àkuj ìmə p’ʌ̟̀t n’àkuj d’ès’ət

each can get – for instance some have five, and some have ten

5 (a) i kət ìde si zɤ̀me d’èsettu v’edrà də kàžeme

and when you go to get [your] ten pails, let’s say,

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