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Sŭrnica 3

132 (d) n’è n’è tvà e tvà gerg’òvdèn’ də sə ni bàrə nì
No, no, we do [have that]. That’s St. George’s day, you mustn’t touch either ...

137 (d) ni iglà zə zmìi də ni sɤ̀ vìždət
… or a needle, so that no snakes will come into view …

147 (d) iglà i kun’èc ni sɤ̀ bàrə də ni sɤ̀ vìždət zmìjɛ
You don’t touch either needle or thread so that you won’t see snakes.

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Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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