public baths

public baths

Vŭrbina 4

113 (d) səvètə beš’e gul’èm prəznùvəme t’ùkə vəv bànite

– [our] regional council was [a] big [one]. We celebrated in the baths.

114 (d) tàn ìma vodɤ̀ kuèto izpòlzvəme bàniti i b’àgəme sìčkutu tàm

There was water there that we took advantage of, in the baths. So everyone went off there

115 (d) i tàm tò s dòstə hòrə sə zbìrəhə i gul’èm səbòr ìməše

and a lot of people gathered there and it was a big celebration.

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

118 (d) kòjtu sə umìe tàm mu minòvəš’e nèštu əku ìmə ràni

Whoever washed there would be healed of whatever ailed him – if someone had wounds

119 (d) vudɤ̀tə ispòlzvəhə i pràihnə gul’èm ədrəl’ès tàm

they made use of that water. We made a great “Adreles” holiday there.

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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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