snakes

Glavanovci 1

71 (a) nìje vṛzùjemo ednùš hm zmijà pod rukòl’k’e i ponèže jà sɤm bilà

Once we were tying [sheaves] and – a snake under the handfuls. So since I was

72 (a) nàj bestràšna mène me òkaju da tèpam a pa tèpajte

the most fearless, they called me to kill it. “So kill it!”

73 (a) zaštò mène me òkat ìmaše mèsnosti kɤdè pɤk ostàne sèno nepribràno

Why do they call me? There were places where the hay remains ungathered,

74 (a) ùtreden obezàtelno če nàjdemo zmijù kəkvòto i rukòl’k’a ako nèšto ni fàne dɤ̀ž

and the next day we’re sure to find a snake. And if there’s rain [on] the handfuls,

75 (a) i ne mòže da gi vṛ̀žemo pod rukòl’k’ete naòdimo zmìje

and we can’t tie them off, then we find snakes underneath the handfuls

76 (a) ili u u žìtoto sa nèma segà tàa u sɤrvàjver i u kḷ̀cnula

or in the wheat, but not now. It bit that [woman on the TV show] “Survivor”

77 (a) ta u odraskàla ta lèle ùžas mòre umrè nènčo vodeničàrov

it scratched her and [she shouted], “Oh horrors! Noncho Vodeničarov died!”

Glavanovci 3

17 (a) màni às ə umìram od grɤmotèvici ot tovà ot tovà nèma stràx

Forget it. I’m deathly afraid of thunderbolts. I have no fear

18 (a) da mi mìne zmijà če utèpem jadòsuje me i se plàšim

of a snake crossing my path, I’ll kill it. It angers me and frightens me

19 (a) no če ja utèpam ama ot tovà nèma kɤdè da se skrìem

but I will kill it. But from that [other] there’s no place to hide.

Stakevci 4

1 (VZh) a ne sè li namìrat tekvòj zmìje po žètvu

And don’t you come across things like snakes at harvest time?

2 (f) kvò

What?

3 (VZh) zmìe n’èma li

Aren’t there any snakes?

4 (f) zmìe

Snakes?

5 (VZh) əə

Uh huh.

6 (f) o imàlo e

Oh, there were!

8 (f) ìmaše ama sɤ̀k štò se ne namìra

There were but now – why aren’t any found now?

9 (f) sɤ̀ga prez tòj lèto smo bilì ìdemo kozarè ovčarè

Just now this summer we were – we go [out as] shepherds, goatherds,

10 (f) po trì čètiri dɤ̀na i nìgde zmiù ne smò vidèli

for three or four days, and we didn’t see [a single] snake anywhere.

12 (f) nè e kòseno travà golemà

And the grass is high, not cut [yet] …

14 (f) nìgde nèma

… [but] nowhere are there [any] …

16 (f) zmijà

… snakes.

18 (f) jà mìšo čùjem če dùmu svin’ète i jedù

Hey Misho, I hear they say the [wild] pigs are eating them.

19 (g) a be ìma nèšto

Well, yes, there’s something [of that sort] ...

20 (f) ìma nèšto

There is something [happening].

21 (g) za tòj se pomrèa

... [and] that may be why they died.

22 (f) nìgde zmià nèma kakvì trevol’àci

No snakes anywhere, [and] such enormous grass …

24 (h) smo gazìli

… [that] we waded through.

25 (g) jà trì pùt idò za ràci

I went out three times to catch crayfish …

26 (h) i jà ne sɤ̀m vidèl

And I didn’t see any

27 (g) s plàmen [unintelligible] ubìmo sèdem.osemnàes

… and together with Plamen [unintelligible] we killed seventeen or eighteen [of them].

28 (f) kudè si bìl

Where were you?

29 (g) pa dvà pùt idòmo u brazè ubìmo sèdam li òsam li

Well, we went to Braze twice, and killed seven, or was it eight,

31 (f) tòj lèto

This summer?

32 (g) tòj tùj uz golèmutu rèku

[Yes,] up there by the big river.

33 (f) bòže i mì ne smò

Goodness, and we didn’t –

34 (g) kolkò izbìmo kràj nèma

There’s no end to how many we killed.

35 (f) smo vidèli

[we] didn’t see [any].

Sŭrnica 3

137 (d) ni iglà zə zmìi də ni sɤ̀ vìždət

… or a needle, so that no snakes will come into view …

147 (d) iglà i kun’èc ni sɤ̀ bàrə də ni sɤ̀ vìždət zmìjɛ

You don’t touch either needle or thread so that you won’t see snakes.

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