ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Baskalci 1

33 (GK) ednò vrème štò ste rabotìli

What kind of work did you do in the old days?

34 (a) živutuvɤ̀tstvu i zemledèlie stòka glèdami

Animal husbandry, agriculture! Looking after livestock,

Bela 1

163 (a) no takà vìka se glèda stòka no nì se izàgn’e

But he said that’s how you look after livestock. But they lamb

Brŭšljan 1

23 (a) kəd'ètu beše vəf s'èlutu i təkà prutìč'əš'i cal c'ɛ̀lijə sezòn

that was [located] in the village. And so went the whole season

24 (a) nə ràbutə vəf živutnuvɤ̀tsvu̥

of work in animal husbandry.

32 (VZh) [Какви занаяти имаше в селото?]

[What sorts of occupations were there in the village?]

33 (a) ami tìjə zənəjàtite vəf s'èlutu sə t'àh elì vəv ž'ivutnuvɤ̀svutu̥

Well, the occupations in the villages are these: either in animal husbandry

34 (a) š'e̥ si̥ ufč'àr' jelì š'e si vəf pul'evɤ̀svutu č'ufč'ìe

– you’re a shepherd – or you’re in field labor, a land worker

Eremija 1

10 (a) togàj bèše stòka mìlo stòka ìmaše nì te pràštat

Back then there was livestock, dear one – livestock. They didn’t send you

12 (a) ùtre da se jàviš mène me ne pùštat

“Tomorrow you must appear!” [But] they didn’t let me go,

13 (a) trèbe da se pùštat stòkata drùgi dèn pà ispràtat izvèstie

because the livestock had to be let out. The next day again a notice,

85 (GK) àjde àjde bègaj ednò vrème ednò vrème stòkata samì si ja čùvaxte

Go off then. (So –] in the old days, did you care for the livestock alone?

86 (a) samì

[All] alone.

87 (GK) kakvà stòka

What kind of livestock?

88 (a) òfci kòzi svìn'e govèda kòn'e sìčko u ednà kɤ̀šta bèxme

Sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, horses – everything. We were all in one house –

89 (a) trì semèjstva bème petnàese decà

three families. There were fifteen of us children.

90 (GK) əmxəm

Um hm.

91 (a) tì səs kozìte tì səs svin'ètu tì səs volòvetu

“You [go] with the goats, you [go] with the pigs, you [go] with the oxen,

92 (a) tì səs kon'ètu i tovà e

you [go] with the horses” – and that’s it.

Eremija 3

31 (a) čùvame i òfci i kòzi i kukòški i prasè i sìčko nalì

We raise sheep, and goats, and chickens, and pigs – everything, you know?

Graševo

60 (a) ə sus stòkite ə tɤč'ème predème sìčku rəbòtehme tugàvə

with [the help of] livestock. And then we did weaving and spinning. We did everything then,

61 (a) zemn'edèlie i sìčku skutuvɤ̀tstvu

agricultural [work] and all sorts of animal husbandry.

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.

24 (a) təkòs sə zənimàvəm ràbut'ə s'è sə mɛ̀č'ə əmə ustər'àhme v'èč'i

That’s how I occupy myself, working. Hard work all the time. But we’ve gotten old now.

Kovačevo 2

1 (GK) vìj ednò vrème kakɤ̀v dubìtək se glèdaše tùkə vəv vàšto sèlo

In the old days what kinds of animals did you raise here in your village?

2 (a) məgàre kòn mùle vòluve

Donkeys, horses, mules, oxen –

3 (b) vòluve kràvi səs tèlencètə pu dvè kràvi s dvè kràvi səm imàlə

Oxen, cows with their calves. Two cows per [household]. I had two cows

4 (b) dvòrə i dvà vòlə məgàre sìčku ìməše

[in] the yard, and two oxen. [Also] donkeys. There was everything.

Malevo/Hsk 1

130 (a) ženɨ̀te predɤ̀t i tək təčɤ̀t məž’è̝te gl’èdət dubɨ̀təkə

The women spin and – and weave, and the men look after the animals.

Malevo/Hsk 2

99 (b) t’à e nə usəmdesè̝ i dv’è gudɨ̀nɨ rəbòti

She’s eighty-two, and [still] works.

100 (c) t’à glèdə živòtni

She looks after the animals

101 (b) jà səm sedemdes’è i ednɤ̀ gudɨ̀nə ž’uòtni gl’èdəme

[Well,] I’m seventy-one, and we look after animals.

102 (b) tu prəs’ètə ni dukàrət tu kràvɨ tu kukò l’ nè̝

They bring us pigs, and cows, and what all [to look after].

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