sheep

Iskrica 3

12 (c) i posle gi iskàrvəme pək tàm du pul’ànətə du du s’èlutu ni s

Then we take them back to the meadow near our village –

13 (c) kràjə živèem nə s’èloto iskàrəme i tàm pəsɤ̀t jàgəncàtə i màjkiti m

we live at the edge of the village – and the lambs graze together with their mothers.

14 (c) pəsɤ̀t dukət sə stɤ̀mni i kətu dòət drùgiti i sə pribìrəmi

They graze until it gets dark, and when the others come we [all] go home.

18 (c) i b’àh merəklìjə mnògu zə ufcèti əmə mnògu gi ubìčəh žuvòtnite dè

And I was really keen on sheep. I liked animals a lot, in fact.

19 (c) nè sàmu ufcèti sìčki živòtni gi ubìčəh mnògu i pòčna:

I liked not only sheep but all animals, a lot. And I began

20 (c) də pəsɤ̀ òfci pəsɛ̀h nàšti i nə kumšìiti tàm n’àkui drùgi

to pasture sheep. I pastured ours, and the neighbor’s, and those of some others.

21 (c) də də ne sɤ̀ sàmu s nàšti dè i s pəs’àhme gi

Not just ours then. So we pastured them.

31 (KK) [Как се гледат овце?]

[How do you look after sheep?]

32 (c) ufcèti idnò vrèmi gi pàze:me bès kòčuviti gi udlɤ̀ča:me utlɤ̀kəni kòčuviti

In the old days we kept them separate from the rams. The rams were kept apart

33 (c) dù pitkòvden pitkòvden stàə nə dvàese i sèdmi uktòmvri

until St. Petko’s Day. St. Petko’s Day is on October 27th.

34 (c) tugàə gi pùskəme ufcète də sə mɤ̀rl’ət ufcèti vèči̥ də sə zəplòdɤt

Then we allow the sheep to breed so they will get pregnant,

35 (c) štòtu də sə uàgn’ət dvàese i ftòri fevruàri tuvà màrt

so they will lamb on the twenty-second of February – that is, of March.

36 (c) gà sə stòpli pò rànu stud’ènu àgneàtə ne mòəd də rəstɤ̀t

When it’s warm. Earlier than that [it’s] cold, and the lambs can’t grow –

37 (c) ìskə uslòvia i tugàə gi pùsnə i kət sə zəplòd’ət ufcète̝ vèče̝

you need good conditions. So I breed them. After the sheep are impregnated,

38 (c) prez zìmətə tè pòčvəd də sə àgn’ət tugàva na dvàese i ftòri màrt

[they carry it] throughout the winter, and then begin to lamb on March 22nd.

39 (c) pòčvəd də sə àgn’ət pàk sme nə kušàrətə gi iskàrvəme tàm

They begin to lamb, and we’re up at the sheepfold. We take them there

40 (c) i pəs’èm gi tàm àgəncàtə ufcèti nòs’ət ni xl’àp tàm pribìrət

and pasture the sheep and lambs. They bring us bread there and take [stuff] back.

114 (KK) [Какви овце отглеждахте?]

[What kind of sheep did you raise?]

115 (c) m’èsnə puròdə ufcè tugàva si b’àa bəlkànski ufcè nàši si̥

There was [just] the local type of sheep then, our Balkan sheep.

116 (c) b’àə sè təkìvə dɤ̀lga vɤ̀lna òstrə vɤ̀lnə i t’à

They were all with long, sharp wool. That’s their wool.

Izgrev/Var 1

23 (a) ustànəhə č'ètiri òfci i səs t'àf sə zanimàwəm səs kukòški pɑ̀tki

[only] four sheep remained. I keep busy with them, [also] with hens and geese.

Kolju Marinovo 3

1 (a) decà glèdəm’i decàta pòsle šìl’encàtə pəsèm pɤk nalì

We look after children, then we take the yearlings to pasture, of course,

2 (a) ufcè ìəm pruizv’èždəjmi si̥

[since] we have sheep. We produced [everything] ourselves.

Kovačevo 2

12 (b) òfci kòzi

Sheep, goats –

Kruševo 3

100 (RA) a ofcìte mnògo li ìmaš

And do you have a lot of sheep?

101 (a) seà ìməm bəjà si ufč’ìci dvàese òfci ìməm

Now I have quite a few little sheep. I’ve got twenty sheep.

108 (a) i n’èmə mòž’em də gi pr’ekàrəme

… and we’re not going to be able to get [them] through [the winter], …

110 (a) tə dùməme š’ə gi rəsfɤ̀rlim ufcètu še gi màhneme

… so we’re thinking of giving the sheep away – we’ll get rid of them.

111 (RA) c a ednò vrème pòveče òfce ìma li

Tsk. And in the old days were there more sheep?

112 (a) ednò vr’ème imàš’e pòveč’e sek t’èkeskite kəd b’èə

Back then there were more. Now the cooperative farm people came,

Leštak 2

23 (a) ìmə t’è z’ʌ̀hə i dubìtə̥kə̥

Well [yes], they took the livestock too.

24 (VZh) kakɤ̀v dubìtək ìmahte òfci

What sort of livestock did you have? Sheep?

25 (d) če i òfci zìməhə i mùletə zìməhə i vòluve zìməhə i

They took sheep, they took mules, they took oxen, and –

Markovo

40 (a) prudàdəjme idìn kətɤ̀r prudàdəjmi si fc’èti i nəpràvihme èj tàə kɤ̀štə

We sold a hinny, and we sold our sheep, and we built this house here;

Mogilica 1

38 (VZh) ami vɤ̀lnata ìma li razlìčni imenà v zavìsimost ot tovà otkədè

So does wool have different names depending on where

39 (VZh) še jə ostrižèš znàči dalì še e ot nogàta na ofcàta

you shear it from? Like if it’s from the sheep’s leg?

46 (VZh) ama n'àma drùgo ìme tovà da mu vìkate bəžɛ̀k tùkə na tàa

But isn’t there some other name that you call it, like “hip” for this here –

47 (a) bəžɛ̀ci ìnače ta agà e nɛ̀kvu kàl'enu də e kàl'enu

“Hips”, well that’s when it’s sort of muddy – a muddy [part]

48 (a) ud ufcɔ̀nə təgà mòe də je də ustàiš' nɛ̀kəde

of the sheep and you can leave it somewhere,

52 (VZh) vìe mnògo li ofcì gl'ɔ̀dahte ednò vr

Did you raise a lot of sheep in the old [days]?

53 (a) ətkòle mnògu kuàt si bəh u nàs jɛ̀ səm čɛ̀k ud

Back then a lot, when I was back at home – I’m from all the way

Nasalevci 2

113 (a) òvce za òvce

Sheep. For sheep.

Oborište 1

86 (MM) a kakvà stòka ìmaxte vìe ednò vrème

What kinds of animals did you have in the old days?

87 (a) mi òfce govèda

Well, sheep, cattle –

88 (MM) jà da mi kàžeš

So tell me [about] ...

90 (MM) ofcète kàg gi pas’àxte i za kakvò gi go glèdaxte t’àx

... the sheep. How did you pasture them, and why did you raise them?

93 (a) ofcète ofcète gi sme takòva zət nə ə

Sheep – we had sheep for – [we kept them] behind the –

94 (a) na sajɤ̀tə tàm sedɤ̀t tìa ne sedèa domà

They stayed there in the sheep pen, they didn’t stay in the house.

95 (a) nàšite òfce sə ne sɤ̀ sed’àli domà às d’àdo i tàte

Our sheep did not stay in the house. I – my father and grandfather,

96 (a) tìa sa gi gledàle na sajɤ̀tə ne sɤ̀ gi dɤržàle domà

they looked after them in the sheep pen, they didn’t keep them at home.

97 (a) pɤk às tùk otkàk sɤm došlà ne sɤ̀m ìmam ednɤ̀ ofcɤ̀

As for me, ever since I’ve come here I haven’t – I have one sheep

98 (a) i t’à ne sɤ̀m a vidvàla trì čètiri gòdin

and it – I haven’t seen it for three or four years.

99 (a) sè e pri bràta sedì tàm

All that time it’s been staying there with my brother.

103 (MM) e dobrè za kakvò gi glèdaxte vìe ofcè zə

O.K., then. Why did you raise and look after sheep? For –

104 (a) mi za vɤ̀lna za ml’àko

Well for the wool, for the milk …

Pavelsko 1

35 (a) əm ìməhm’e vò̝l ìməhme mùl’e kràvə wòfce kò̝zi ə guv’ʌ̀də

Well, we had an ox. We had a mule, a cow, sheep, goats – well, cattle!

Petrov Dol 2

90 (a) nə nərid’ìmi t’ìe àgn’ita pr’àsnu s’ìr’en’e kòjtu ìmə uscè

and arrange [on them] the lambs, fresh cheese – those who have sheep

Petŭrnica

20 (a) dvà pràza i gi za zavèdoxte kɤm vàzi i gi zatvòrixte

two rams and took them off on your own and shut them up

21 (a) f ednɤ̀ mazɤ̀ da:bòkḁ i tìa blɛ̀at i tì kɤ̀ kazà

way down in the cellar, and they were bleating. And what did you say?

22 (a) dàjte də i odrɛ̀žem ezìciti da na blɛ̀:t štòto

‘Let’s cut their tongues out’ [you said] ‘so they won’t bleat, because [otherwise]

23 (a) še ni čùat komšìiti̥ vɛ̀rno vɛ̀rno ə napràvimè go tovà

the neighbors will hear us’ “ “That’s right,” [he said]. “That’s right, we did that.”

Rajanovci 1

16 (a) odìla sɤm ofčàr govedàr kato detè i tè tovà e

As a child, I went with the sheep and the cows, and that was it.

29 (a) što livàdata se kòsi i trèbe sèno za zìmata za ofcète

because the meadows are being mowed: we need hay for the sheep in the winter.

47 (VZh) a s ofcète s ofcète kvà ràbota ìmaše

And sheep – what sort of work was there with sheep?

50 (a) ò s òfce jà sɤm bilà gòre odìla sɤm tekà

Ah, with sheep. I was up there – I went –

51 (a) bàba mi gi e pàsla a jà sɤm odìla

My grandmother pastured them, and I went

52 (a) tə sɤm g’um pomagàla kadà pròleti ostàimo jàgɤnci za da gi čùvamo

and helped her when in the spring we leave the lambs to watch them

53 (a) za da smènu mla stàrite òfce da smènu mlàdite̥ jà òdim

to switch – to switch the old sheep and the young ones. I go

54 (a) i agɤnčàr cèl dèn nò odèlno od ofcète da gi odbìvam

and herd lambs all day, but apart: we weaned them from the ewes.

55 (a) i tekà sɤm pàsla jàgɤnci pòsle sɤm pàsla govèdata

And so I pastured lambs. After that I pastured livestock,

Rajanovci 2

25 (a) i pokraj obèt predì da dòjde dòjde o stàreca s ofcète

And around noon, before he comes – before the old man comes with the sheep

Repljana 1

73 (a) no tòj smo si čuvàli

Well we tended …

74 (VZh) òfci

Sheep?

75 (a) òvce i volòve te tòj

… sheep and oxen, that’s …

80 (a) kràve tekà nèkoj kràve nèkoj volòve čùvaše òvce

And cows. Some people kept cows, some kept oxen, some kept sheep.

81 (a) pa si tàm è dèda mi səs ofcète tàm

So there was my grandfather with the sheep, [up] there

100 (a) izlèznemo od blàgovesti tàm nò jàganci se izjagnìle òvce

We go there at Annunciation, to the lambs, the sheep having given birth,

101 (a) jàganci òvce tàm gi pasù àjde bàba i dèda

up where they’re pasturing the sheep and lambs. And Grandma and Grandpa

117 (a) sɤs ovcète oddalèko i me vidèl če bṛ̀zim rèče

he’d been off with the sheep and seen me running. And he said,

Repljana 2

66 (a) pà si zakòl'emo òvce si ìmašemo mlògo jàgɤnci

again we'll slaughter. We used to keep sheep [so we had] lots of lambs.

81 (a) pò ne ubìču da čùvu òvce pò ne obìču gosjà

they don't like really like to keep sheep, and they don't like guests much.

86 (a) axà mì obìčamo živòtni da čùvamo òvce pa da ni doòde čovèci

Yes! But we love to tend animals, [especially] sheep, and to have people come over,

Repljana 3

64 (a) ajde àjde da se da olɤ̀kne na ofcète če gim žèga

Off to the sheep, let’s lighten their load. Because they’re hot.

65 (a) ne mògu u žègutu ofcète s vḷ̀nutu

Sheep can’t take the heat when they [are still covered] in wool.

Repljana 4

13 (a) dèda g’òrg’a nadzṛtàl bèše sɤs ovcè pa mu pàdla kàpata

Grandpa Georgi was peering down [it]. He’d been with sheep and his cap fell off.

Salaš

85 (a) pa òfci pa kozì pa a mì nèma kvò màjka dùma

sheep, goats. We didn’t have much, but mother said,

205 (a) sa imàli òsɤm po osɤmdesè kozì i osɤmdesè òvce

They had eight – eighty goats and eighty sheep,

206 (a) onò jàz màlko probà pòsle kadà stanùmo pensionèri a ə sɤsipìja

I tried that out a bit when we retired, but [we were] ruined.

207 (a) vèrno ìmaš ìmaš jàgn’e ìmaš ə mlekò ìmaš sìren’e amà

It’s true that if you have a lamb you’ve got milk and cheese, but

208 (a) trèbe sèki dɤ̀n i da te mòkri i da e studenò tì otòdiš

you need to be at it every day, to go out in the damp and cold,

Srebŭrna 2

1 (RA) a kugàtu ìmaxte ovcè ə strižèš li gi

And when you used to have sheep, did you do the shearing?

2 (c) dà sə srigɤ̀t əmə nə vr’èm:tu ufc’ète vɤ̀lnəta b’è skɤ̀pə b’è

Yes, people shear [them], but in the old days wool brought a good price, you know!

15 (c) kəkò èj ut tùj xòrtə vèk’e sə utkàzuwə ut t’ès ufc’è

and I guess that’s why people here have already quit keeping sheep –

16 (c) štòtu nìštu ni plàštət vɤ̀lnətə

because nobody pays anything for the wool.

23 (c) mnògu jèftino i pək plàštət plàštət də kàem pu dvà l’èwa

It’s [all] very cheap now, they pay – let’s say they pay [the shepherd] two levs per

24 (c) nə gləvɤ̀ sigànkə gi pəsè čubàn:o i gi duv’è tàm dòlu

sheep these days. And the shepherd tends [all] the sheep, and milks them down there

25 (c) vəš ču̥šmɤ̀tə i gi redì s’ètne pud r’èt tàm də e

by the well. And then he lines them up so they are arranged [according to]

27 (c) i im dàvə ml’àku̥tu pu ufcɤ̀ dim’èk də kàem

and [then] he gives each person the milk per [from his] sheep. So, I mean,

28 (c) aku ìmə dv’è ufc’è čèti̥ri pu dv’è kilà li kòlku sɤ

if someone has two sheep, then it’s four. Two kilos per [sheep], that’s how much it is,

29 (c) č’ètiri kilà šə mu dəd’è minàvət si sìčki̥t’ȅ ridò pàk puftàr’ə̟t

so he’ll give him four kilos. All of them go by turns, and then they do it again.

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