St. George's Day

Sŭrnica 3

165 (c) šè a bulì do drùgijə gerg’òvden’ tvà n’ɛ̀štu š’ə s’ədì
they’ll get sick and all these [ills] will stick around [until] next [year’s] St. George’s day.

167 (c) e tvà kòjtu gu č’ùvə pək kòjtu ni č’ùvə d’è də znàm
That’s [only] for the ones who observe it, but how should I know about those who don’t?

168 (c) sìč’ku ìməše nəs’àkəde
There were all sorts of [customs] everywhere,

Vladimirovo 1

102 (a) vɤž a a lovìli sme ngi dèn elì na gèrg’ovden
You see, we “caught” a saint’s day for them – either St. George’s day,

111 (a) i go narečème dnèska gèrg’ovden zaràn
that we name as his saint’s day. Today St. George’s day, tomorrow –

Vŭrbina 4

10 (d) kəkvòtu ubrəzùvəme s’èlsku stupànstvu rəštɤ̀ gu sèeme nə pòdziməšnu vr’ème
[according to] the way we organize our village economy. We sow rye in the autumn

11 (d) kàktu nàštu edìn mɛ̀sec du gerg’òvden’ i i i gu prudəlžɛ̀və
in our region [that’s] one month before St. George’s Day. And - and we carry on

116 (d) segà e ufčèrski pràznik na gerg’òvden ə pò nəprèž beše gerg’òvden
Now it’s a shepherd’s holiday, St. George’s Day, where it used to be [the actual] saint’s day.

117 (d) i gu ispòlzvəme kətu zə zə pràznik i b’àgəhmə nə bàn’ətə
We used it as – as a holiday, and went off to the baths

119 (d) vudɤ̀tə ispòlzvəhə i pràihnə gul’èm ədrəl’ès tàm
they made use of that water. We made a great “Adreles” holiday there.

120 (d) ədrəl’ès gu kàzvəme
“Adreles” [is what] we call it (St. George’s Day).

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Recommended Model for Citations

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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