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21 (b) pr’ed’èš’ nә vrәt’ènu

You spin it on the spindle.

22 (a) kàto go ispredèš

And when you finish spinning –

23 (MM) čàkaj segà glèdaš na vretènoto kàg go

Wait a minute, look here. [Is this what you do] with the spindle when –

24 (d) à tәkà tәkà gu predèš’

Ah that’s it! That’s how you spin.

25 (c) ә tò nìsku e tәkà i rič’èš’ tәkà i tәkà i stàvә

This part is below, and you do like this and this, and that’s how it happens.

26 (a) mi è tәkà gu rәstàniš kato pòčne nә vәrtènotò gu vìješ’

So you stretch it out like this and when it begins to go on the spindle, you twirl it.

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59 (a) aràpkətə če i tagà si svar'ɔ̀t aràpko svar'ɔ̀t aràpko azàm predɔ̀t

The “corn party”. They cook corn then. They cook corn and then they spin,

65 (a) mòmečeta mòmᵚɨ galèmkᵚi mòmi màlkᵚi pajɔ̀t i predɔ̀t i aràpkata var'ɔ̀t

Little girls. Older maidens, younger maidens – sing and spin, and boil the corn.

200 (GK) a kàk pred'àxte

And how did you used to spin?

201 (a) pred'ème č'e na hùrko pamùkə pred'èm mùčkame sɛ̀e hùrkᵊi

We spin on the distaff. We spin cotton, we pull it [from] these distaffs.

202 (a) esèj reč'èm'ə agà af rògə rògave ìma dvà trì

We do it this way when – on the prong. It’s got prongs, two or three [of them] –

203 (a) ròčka ìma azàm gɤ asèj zavr'èmi pred'ème sì

a little prong, then we push them through like this, and we spin.

213 (a) kakvòto ìštež da pred'èš t'ènku ka pred'èš t'ènku deb’èlu

Whatever you want to spin – finely if you spin fine [thread], or thick [thread]

214 (GK) kàk se narìča tovà tènkoto

How do you call that fine [thread]?

215 (a) t'ènkata č'e mi pò pa màlko pò pa màlka apìn'aš kɔ̀del'k'ata

“Fine” - you pull from the wool on the distaff more and more gently.

216 (GK) žìčka

A thread?

217 (a) žìčkɤ pò pa màlkə žič apìn'aš vɔ̀lnata

[Yes,] a thread. You pull a smaller thread [from] the wool.

218 (GK) vìe žìčka li kàzvate

You call it a thread?

219 (a) žìčkᵊi gə kàžɤvame pò màlka apìn'aš pò t'ènka

We call them threads. You pull more gently [to get] a thinner [thread].

220 (a) pò agà ìšteš pò deb'èlka pò mlòčka apìn'aš vɔ̀lnata

And if you want a thicker [thread], you pull more [of the] wool.

221 (a) i na hùrkata zakàč'ena kɔ̀del'č’ica i zav’ɔ̀žeme na kɔ̀del'k'ana

The wool is attached to the distaff, we tie it [all] onto the wool on the distaff.

224 (GK) i ottàm pòsle kɤdè otìva žìčkata

And from there, where does the thread go?

225 (a) na vr'et’ènu na vret'èno navìvame

Onto the spindle. We wind it onto a spindle.

230 (GK) a otdòlu na vretènoto kakvò ìma də e tèško

And underneath the spindle, what do you have there to [make it] be heavy?

231 (a) zàprenìkɯ zàprenìkɯ

Weighted discs. Weighted discs.

233 (a) tòga l’e sàka predàvat

Back then everyone was spinning only like that.

236 (GK) a otgòre kàk go vrɤ̀zvaš na kakvò go vrɤ̀zvaš

And how do you tie it on top? What do you tie it to?

237 (a) nə tò si ìma pùpko vret'ènana

The spindle’s got a bud on [top of it].

239 (a) zə zə spìčankɯ pùpčica ìma

It’s got a little bud [to tie] the loop of thread [onto].

241 (a) pùpčica ìma zə zə spìčenkɯ sedì žìčkata

It’s got a little bud for the loop of thread. The [main] thread sits [there],

242 (a) vɔ̀rtneš i vər vər vər vər i navìeš pàk pàk es’èj

you twist it – whirr, whirr, whirr, whirr, and [then] you wind it again. Like this.

243 (a) pàk sa rast'ɔ̀ne sletvà ž'ìčkata pàk e navìvaš

The thread stretches out again after that, and you wind it again.

244 (GK) rast'òne sa žìčkata tàm

The thread stretches out there.

245 (a) rast'ɔ̀g rastìga sa t'à te apìn'aš si at vɔ̀lnata

it stretches – stretches out, and you pull it out from the wool.

246 (a) i t'à sa napɔ̀lni ž'ìčkata ap'ɔ̀neš esèⁱj navìež ga pàk bašl'ècaš

and it fills up, you pull the thread like this, wind it, and begin again.

248 (a) etèj ga pred'ème

That's how we spin.

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22 (a) na grebenèca pràvime povèsmata i sɤ jà ne sɤ̀m prèla

With the carding comb we make a distaff-ful and – I haven’t spun [it],

23 (a) ama bàbičkite sa prèle za osnòva pa sme si tkàle

but the grannies have spun it for the warp, and then we’ve woven.

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81 (d) i vlàčine i predɤ̀t je i pràime drèhi ut t’èh

to card it and [the women] spin it and we make clothes from it.

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