milling

Babjak 2

15 (b) pòsle mèleme nə vrèmetò gu jədɛ̀hme zə hlɛ̀p

and then we grind it. In the old days we ate it as bread,

18 (b) lɛ̀p ut fùrnətə gutòf si kupùvame pò rànu

[Now] we buy bread ready-made from the [large bakery] ovens. But earlier,

19 (b) tuvà žìtutu mèlehme nə mèlnici mèlehmè i sɛ̀ejə ženìte

we used to grind this grain at the mill. We would grind [it], and the women would sift [it],

Belica 2

59 (a) a pa nà za žìtoto prostìramè go na čèrgi

And as for the grain, we spread it out on rugs [and]

60 (a) sùšime go kàčvame go f čuvàle s kolà

dry it. Then we load it into sacks, on the cart,

61 (a) otìvame na vodenìcata mèlem go

and go off to the mill and grind it …

63 (a) na bràšno

… into flour.

Breste 2

87 (a) i mèleme pòveče na tìja vòdnite vodenìci

And grind it. Mostly at these watermills,

88 (a) nèmaše mèlnici nèkogi

there weren’t [machine-driven] mills back then.

90 (a) pòsle stanàa mèlnicite [unclear]

Later [machine-driven] mills came about.

96 (a) si mèleme tàm na rɤkà ne smè mlèli

We grind [it] there. We didn’t grind by hand.

Brŭšljan 3

8 (c) n'àkuj pɤ̀t' št'à pòjdeme s kulàtə də sm'èlime bràšnu

Sometimes we’d go with the cart to grind flour

9 (c) nə udenìcətə š'e z'èmeme kulà səs dvàes trìese krìni

at the mill. We’ll take the cart with fifteen or twenty bushels

10 (c) i primɤ̀knim tùkə zə bàbətə də m'ɛ̀si xl'àp

and drag it over here for Granny to make bread.

Hvojna 2

38 (a) udv’àvəme gu ž’ìtutu v’èč’e rəštʌ̀ je izl’èznələ isš’uš’ɛ̀vəme i m’èl’əm’e

We winnow the grain: rye that’s already emerged [from winnowing], dry it, and grind it

39 (a) v’èč’e nə fud’enìcətə ìməhm’e pròsti fudenìci̥ səs kàmək sə vərt’ì

at the mill. We had simple mills [here]: a stone that revolves

Leštak 2

58 (d) ə s mùletu gu vərhʌ̀t i zberʌ̀t gu i f erìcə̥tə gu mɛ̀l’ət

and they thresh it with the mule, then gather it up and grind it at the mill,

74 (d) əmi smet’èž gu udvɛ̀ež gu ə hàjde nə vudenìcə [laughter] gu sm’èl’əš [laughter]

You sweep it, winnow it, and off to the mill [laughter] you grind it [laughter]

Leštak 3

199 (GK) takà i kədè go mèlehte

So, and [then] where did you used to grind it?

200 (e) əmi ìmə vudenìci̥ ìmə vəf l’èskə vudenìci̥ kədètu ìmə hòrə pu rekʌ̀tə

But, there are mills! There are mills at Leska, where there are people by the river.

202 (e) sə nəpràili vudenìci zəkàrvə sə tàm i sə mèl’e

They built mills [there]. [Grain] is driven there, and ground.

Malevo/Hsk 1

245 (VZh) a pòsle na vodenìca kàk se xòdi

And then, how did you go to the mill?

246 (a) əmi sl’ət tvà gà priberɤ̀d žɨtòt tò je v’è̝ke sùhu̥

Well, after that, when they gather up the wheat it’s already dry.

247 (a) nəpɤ̀l’n'ət gu f həmbàre i ut ə izvàdət ut g’òzə žɨtòt

You fill it up in the barns and you take the wheat out of the compartment.

248 (a) pɤ̀l’n’ət gu vəf čuvàl’e i s kərùcətə nə udèncətə

You fill these sacks with it, and then [go] by carriage to the mill.

249 (a) s kulàtə s kərùcə̥t nə udènicətə

[One goes] to the mill by cart, by carriage.

Sŭrnica 4

38 (a) d’èt si sm’èlilu ž’itòtu gu si dukàrəlu iz vud’enìcətə

where you’ve ground the grain – you’ve brought it from the mill,

Tihomir 2

203 (GK) i pòsle žìtoto kakvò go pràvite

And after that, what do you do with the grain?

204 (a) mi si ìmame vadenìco

Well, we have a mill!

206 (a) m’èl’ehme ga jɛ̀dahme ga

We would grind it [and then] eat it.

207 (GK) dòma nòsexte li go

Did you take it home?

211 (GK) kɤdè go nòsexte fkɤ̀šti f kakò

Where did you take it in the house? In what?

212 (a) f sakùl’:e f sakùl’:e nòsime go dvà trì p’èt sakùl’a

In sacks, in sacks. We carried it in two, three, five sacks.

215 (a) azàm na vadenìcata go m’èl’eme da id’ème

And then to the mill. We grind it [so as] to eat [it].

Vŭglarovo 2

161 (b) i udèlnu slàgəš i s’è znàeš gà m’è̝liš

And you put [them] separately so you always know [what is what] when you grind.

162 (b) svàliš pàk m’è̝liš tàm uttàm ut əmbàrə tàm ut təkɤ̀utu

You take it and grind it, [take it] from the barn, to this –

163 (b) i m’èliš nə m’èlnicə i tvà ti e žitòt zə prehrànə

and you grind it at the mill. And that’s your grain for food.

164 (b) zə hl’àb bèš’e tvà tvà iskàrəš nə m’èlnicə

What you got down at the mill was for bread.

168 (b) i ž’èn’tȅ m’ès’ət fkɤ̀šti i nè

and the women knead [bread] back home, and not –

172 (b) brəšnòtu ìdeš nə m’èlnicətə

[with] flour [that you get] when you go to the mill,

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