milking cows

Bela 1

89 (a) edìn dè se perčì ò jà kòlko kràvi sɤm karàl

One was bragging: “Oh, I’ve handled so many cows,

90 (a) pa sɤm doìl vrɤ̀zvaše a da ja izdòi onà rìta

and milked [them too].” He tied it to milk it and it kicked out,

129 (a) sèdnem da ja dòim ne dòim u čàša tùrnem kòfata tùka

[When] I sit down to milk it, I don’t milk into the glass, I put the bucket here –

130 (a) i bèše sɤs šès sìsi ot pètata ìmaše mlekò mɤžɤ̀ mi

It had six teats. There was milk in the fifth, [but] my husband

131 (a) sè vàrdeše da ne dòi pètata da si dòi čètiri tò tečè

kept constant watch to not milk the fifth, to milk the four. Such a flow!

132 (a) nèkoj pɤ̀t ìdeme sùtrin onò podjàlo kato ležàla tòja kɤdè ja zemàl

We’d go in the morning, it’s all wet where [the cow] lay. The guy who took it

133 (a) i po trìes kilà mlèko e d doìl na dèn

milked it and got thirty kilos of milk a day.

135 (a) na dèn i i nìe sme doìli po trìes kilà si nòsime

A day! We also milked and got thirty kilos

136 (a) bès kɤrmìlka bes mnògo bèše làkoma na pàša ùžaz bèše

without additional fodder. [That cow] was greedy at pasture, a terror!

Dolna Sekirna 3

7 (a) ako ne sì i muzàl ta se plàši i kràvata rìta

If you haven’t milked it [before], it gets afraid. A cow will kick.

8 (VZh) rìta à

Kick, huh?

9 (a) pe ako te ne poznàva kikò nèma ti dadè mlekòto

Well, if it doesn’t know you, it won’t give you milk.

11 (a) nèma nèma trèbe da te poznàva i ofcà i kràva i kozà

It won’t, it won’t. Sheep, cows, goats – they have to know you.

12 (a) i sìčko ne tè li poznàva nèma da ti dadè mlekòto

All of them: if they don’t know you, they won’t give you milk.

Kralevo 2

56 (a) krài kràvite pòveč’e ml’àg dàvət əmə pò màlku màslu

Cows give [you] more milk but less butter.

57 (a) pək nìe ìməme kràvə sɛ̀ dè kràvə i t’à sigɛ̀

We have a cow now. But this cow [we have] now –

58 (a) ne jè dvìme əmə gà se iz iz isdujàvə udvàrəš tvà

we don’t milk it. When you do milk it, then you boil [the milk]

Malevo/Asg 3

34 (c) b’àgəš’ də dujìš’ kràvənə sə vɤ̀rniš’ pàk nə svìnenu

You run off to milk the cow, you come back [to tend] the pigs,

Mogilica 3

105 (a) əgà jə ìzdujəm še hi gu dàm

and I'll give that to them when I finish milking it.

108 (VZh) tr'àbva li da ja mìeš nèšto da ja čìstiš

Do you have to wash something first, to clean it off?

109 (a) a če navà nàj nəprèš ìdəm tə jə klàəm

That, yes; first of all [when] I go and get ready

110 (a) də jə dòjəm ìzmijəm hi vìmetu še stàn nə əglɔ̀k

to milk [the cow], I wash its udder, I'll ge- a cloth

111 (a) i ìstučəm gu i pòčnəm də jə dòjəm klàəm si stòlč'ek

and wring it out, and start to milk it. I put down a little stool

112 (a) i si jə dòjəm s dvèse rɔ̀ki jɛ̀ səm sedɛ̀lə

and I milk it with both hands. I was [there],

113 (a) f tèkezesètu dəjɛ̀č'kə sèdem gudìni vəf ə dòlu etɤ̀s fèrmə

as a milkmaid in the cooperative farm for seven years. In that farm down below,

115 (VZh) tàm s mašìnə li bèše

Were there [milking] machines there?

116 (a) nè nàrəce nàrəce səm dujìlə kràvite

No, by hand. I milked the cows [all] by hand.

117 (a) pu dvàese kràvi nə ədnà dujɛ̀č'kə

Twenty cows for every one milkmaid.

Pavelsko 2

3 (a) əmi č’ʌ̀stunu ml’àku šə izduìm kràvətə š’ə svər’ìm ml’əkòtu

Well, for yogurt [first] we’ll milk the cow, [then] we’ll boil the milk

Pavelsko 4

32 (b) zə čə čʌ̀stunu ml’àku du ìməhme kràvi dujɛ̀hme gi dujɛ̀hme kràvine

For yogurt you – we had cows, we milked them. [First] we milked the cows

Rajanovci 2

7 (a) stàreca izmḷzè gòre ne sɤ̀m štò màma si e rabotìla jà ne sɤ̀m

the old man milks. I didn’t, because Mom did it, I didn’t.

Sŭrnica 3

161 (c) jəcà ni tr’àvə də ni bàrəš’ stànuvəlò e nə nə stòkətə

You shouldn’t even touch eggs. [If you do] something will happen to the livestock

162 (c) stànvəlu nɛ̀štu kətu jejcà pu pu ìmetu təkà

Something like eggs [appearing] in – in their udders.

164 (c) pu ìmetu ni mòjž də bàrəž ni mòjž də duìš’

You can’t touch the udder, you can’t milk them [because]

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.

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