water rituals at weddings

Bosnek 1

72 (a) edìn kotèl vodà i cvet’à u kotèlo tùreja i nevèstata
a cauldron of water, and they’ve put flowers in the cauldron. And the bride

73 (a) da rìtne tovà kotèlo i da fɤ̀rli cvetjàta pres ə pres kɤ̀štata
kicks the cauldron and throws the flowers over the house.

74 (a) ta da ìma kolko sa cvet’àta tòlko decà da ìma
And however many flowers [she throws], that’s how many children she’ll have.

Nasalevci 1

60 (a) i uvedè vɤ̀tre i pòsle ju pràti dòle na klàdenɤc
and leads her inside. After that she sends her down to the well

61 (a) na vòdu də donesè vòdu nevèsta
to [get] water, for the bride to bring water [from the well].

Repljana 4

19 (c) tòj bèše u bunàrɤt odnèlo dà
It was by the well that it [his cap] slipped off.

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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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