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266 (a) tovà e dzvìze tovà e màtor tovà e stàr kòč

That’s the hogget, [then] there’s the “mator” [young ram], then the old ram.

267 (GK) koè e màtor

Which is the “mator”?

268 (a) à e màtor trètata gudìna znàči kato fàneše

It’s a “mator” in its third year, when it’s just begun –

269 (GK) a pɤk stàr kòč nat

And then it’s an old ram after –

270 (a) sta stàr kòč nàt trì gudìni tòa e stàr kòč sta

It’s an old ram after three years. That’s [when it gets to be] an old ram

272 (a) stàr kòč ili stàr bràf mòeš da go kàeš

An old ram, or you could also call it an old head.

275 (GK) i i kakvò sә nèšto po rogìte pràexte li im

And what – did you do something with their horns?

279 (GK) nè ste gi vìli tәkà dә sә krәsìvi də təkòvә

You didn’t bend them somehow, so they’d look nicer –

281 (GK) rògovete im

– their horns?

284 (a) koè e pò ùbavo jàgne nalì koè e pò ùbavo jàgne

if one lamb is prettier, then with the prettier lamb

285 (a) vrɤ̀zvaa im se rogòveto takà kato sa vìžda òšte malènko

they would bind up its horns when it was still small.

286 (a) ke mu i vrɤ̀zvәž za da izlègat nagòre i se vìka tovà kačòr

You’d bind its horns, so they grow straight; that’s called a “kachor” (stag-lamb)

287 (GK) na koè se vìka kačòr

Which one is called a “kachor”?

288 (a) ә kәtu mu vrɤ̀zeš rogòveto i izlègәt nәgòreka znàči pràvo

When you bind its horns so they grow tall, that is, straight …

290 (a) nagòre a nè nastranì tovà se vìka kačòr znàči

… upwards, and not to the side. That’s called a “kachor”.

291 (a) è tòo ìma kačòr znàči kačòr si e napravìl

And then you’ve got a “kachor”. One’s made himself a “kachor”

292 (GK) znàči ovènčeto ovnèto se vìka tàm dzvizàra se vìka kačòr

So a ram there is called “dzvizar”, [I mean] a “kachor”.

294 (GK) i s kakvò gi vrɤ̀zva

And what do you tie [on the horns]?

295 (a) emi sɤs e sɤs edin konèc sɤs edna vrɤfčìca znàči

Well, a thread, or some sort of tie,

296 (a) à ut tìa kònopeto što sà ke nәprài edna vrɤvìčka znàči

or some hemp cord like they make now. Some small tie

297 (a) ke ke i vrɤ̀ze tùkə rugòveto i rugòveto ke trɤ̀gnɤt nanagòre

that you put on the horns, and the horns will grow up straight

298 (a) a nè nasranì òt na kòčoveto sa nastranì nәlì nә

nd not to the side. Because on rams they grow to the side –

300 (a) nәstrәnì sɤ àrno ama kato i vrɤ̀zeš na jàgnence òšte

to the side. Fine, but if you tie them when it’s still a lamb,

301 (a) kәkè se pudàat ròkčetata kәtu i vrɤ̀zeš tәkà i gi stègneš nәlì

as soon as its horns appear, if you tie them and tighten them,

302 (a) i tè trɤ̀gvat nanagòre i tàa gudìnә ke iskàra dә kàžeme

then they’ll grow straight up. This year, for instance,

303 (a) petnàese sàntima ròk drùgata godìna iskàrva òšte dèset pòsle

we had horns of fifteen centimeters, and the next year ten more.

304 (a) əm nèkuj iməše pu pò màlko ponèže pò udebel’àvat se nagòre

Some have less, but they get thicker as they grow up.

305 (a) kòlko zastarèva tòlko tòlko pò udebel’àva se kәm takòvata znàči

The older they get, the thicker [the horns], and so it goes

306 (a) i nògu ne mòže da iskàrame ftòrata trètata gudìna četvrɤ̀tata pa ìč

and we can’t get much height: the second, third, fourth year, and nothing

307 (a) togàj ke iskàraa tòlko znàči pèt sàntima

They would only get five centimeters.

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32 (c) ufcèti idnò vrèmi gi pàze:me bès kòčuviti gi udlɤ̀ča:me utlɤ̀kəni kòčuviti

In the old days we kept them separate from the rams. The rams were kept apart

33 (c) dù pitkòvden pitkòvden stàə nə dvàese i sèdmi uktòmvri

until St. Petko’s Day. St. Petko’s Day is on October 27th.

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