washing shorn fleeces

Baskalci 1

216 (GK) a tàә mrɤ̀snәtә vɤ̀lnә kàk se kažùvә

And how do you call the dirty wool?

217 (GK) mrɤ̀snәtә nèprànәtә nèprànәtә vɤ̀lnә nәlì tr’àvә se ispère

Dirty, unwashed. The unwashed wool. It has to get washed, right?

218 (a) hm onà ke se ispère sìčkәtә ne mòže dә ìmә mrɤ̀snә vɤ̀lnә

Yes, you have to wash all of it. You can’t have dirty wool.

223 (a) kogà se strižè sìčkә sә kәžùvә tàa nè e pèrena

When it’s [just] shorn one says “This one isn’t washed [yet].”

224 (a) sèrava e vɤ̀lnata nè e pèrena

It’s greasy wool, it’s not washed.

226 (a) prudàvәš a nәprìmer na nèkuj ìska da mi a kùpi

You sell it, for instance, to someone [who] wants to buy it from me,

227 (a) ke te pìta kәkvà ti e vɤ̀lnata pèrena ili nèpèrena

he’ll ask you what kind your wool is, washed or unwashed.

228 (a) à sèrava si e vɤ̀lnata nàči punèže nè e

Ah, it’s greasy wool, you see, because it’s not –

229 (a) nè e ispèreno ot sèrata ot a tovà sɤdɤ̀rža tàmoka nèšto takà

it hasn’t been cleansed of grease, it [still] contains this –

230 (a) kato lèpi se znàči zә vɤ̀lnata ako ne jà ispèreš

this sticky [stuff]. That’s [how] wool [is] if you don’t wash it.

232 (a) ә kәtu če ispèreš tì pòsle čìsta stàva

Then after you wash it, it becomes clean.

Dolno Ujno

42 (RA) kàk se tì kàk od vɤ̀lnata ot ofcàta kə

How does it [go] from the wool, [that is] from the sheep, from –

43 (a) od vḷ̀nata ofcàta kat sə ostrižè

From the wool – when you shear the sheep,

45 (a) opère se vɤ̀lnata i se òd tə jə iščèša

You wash the wool and you go to comb it.

Graševo

87 (a) əmi təčèli sme emì ìmə i izmìež vɤlnàtə ustrižèš ufcìte

We were weaving. Yes, there is [much work]. You wash the wool – you shear the sheep,

88 (a) izmìež vɤlnàtə ìdiš uvlàčiš jə upredèš jə vàpcəš jə

you wash the wool, you go and card it, you spin it, you dye it,

90 (MM) jà dàj s'à kato ja strižèš kɤdè ə vlàčiš kɤdè ja perèš

So OK now. When you shear [the wool], where do you card it? Where do you wash it?

91 (a) mi mi nə derètu è nə rekàtə̥

Well, in the river. There, in the river!

93 (a) nə rekàtə e isperème issàhne ušt'àvim jə i pòsle jə udnesème

We wash it in the river, it dries, we tan it, and then we take it

Kozičino 2

1 (b) əm kət ustrižèm ufcèt’ȅ z’èmem ə upɑ̀rim vɛ̀lnətə isč’èpkəme jə

After we shear the sheep, we take and scald the wool. We card it,

Kruševo 3

153 (a) s’ètne isper’èm vɤ̀lnətə

and then we wash the wool

155 (a) tə n’èməše vòdə òdilì sme v bəlkàn’ə

There wasn’t water [here so] we went up into the mountain woods

156 (a) də ja pir’èm udgòr’e

to wash it. [Way] up there.

158 (a) tàmkə sme bilì seà sàa pròl’et è nəkàč’ime kəzàn’ə kupàn’ə

We were up there now, this spring. We loaded up a cauldron and a trough –

159 (a) i sìčku nəkàč’ihme vəlnɤ̀tə s č’uvàlč’etàtə tə tàm

we loaded up everything, the wool in bags, and then

160 (a) v bəlkàn’ə isprà jə dòjdəə i dəšterìte səs m’ène

I washed it up there in the mountain woods. My daughters came with me

161 (a) pumògnəà mi ispràhme jə pučìnəhme tàm pujàdəhme nə stud’ènə s’ènkə

and helped me. We washed it, and rested and had lunch in the cool shade.

163 (a) i si dòjdəhme tùvənə isuš’ìhme jə seà t’ut’ùnč’etu pribràhme

And we came back here and dried it out, and now we’ve picked the tobacco

Mogilica 1

31 (a) isperèš' jə rəš'č'èš'eš' jə i jə nəvlàč'iš' nə fàbrikənə vlàč'ət

You wash it, comb it out, you card it – they card it at the factory –

Srebŭrna 2

44 (c) vɤ̀lnətə jə̟ pàrim

We scald the wool.

46 (c) i jә̟ pàrim i pràimi čeìs às kò ti kàəm kətù

We scald it, and make it up into dowry [items]. What can I tell you?

53 (c) sridžèš jə tɤ̀s ufcɤ̀ vərìš udɤ̀ i zəlìvəš ut’ɤ̀vəš

You shear this sheep, you boil water and pour it [into pots], you go

54 (c) nə ču̥šmɤ̀tə də jə pirèš sə wrɤ̀štəš pək jə č’èpkəš

to the well to wash the wool, then you go back, then you card it –

65 (c) a tì səs rəkɤ̀tə si e pàriš si e pir’èš

But if you do it by hand, you scald it, wash it,

Stalevo 1

18 (a) kəto usriž’èš òf vəlnɤ̀tə də zəvərìš kəzàn’e è kət segà udà

After you shear the – the wool, you boil [it in] a kettle and when the water –

20 (a) i fəf gul’èmi kurità i jə pupàrim kət jə pupàrim

And we scald it in these big troughs. After we scald it

21 (a) zə jə isper’èm č’ɨ̀stə udʌ̀ əku n’èməš’ tùkə nə r’àkə̥tə̥

we’ll wash it with clean water – if there’s none here, then in the river.

23 (a) isper’èm tàə vʌ̀lnə i s’è̝tn’e č’èpkəj i s’è̝tn’e vlàči

We wash the wool, then we pick it over by hand, and then we card it.

Šumnatica 3

216 (b) č’e zèmeš ə še ustrìžeš ufcàtə še gu izmìeš

You take the sheep and shear it, and you wash –

217 (GK) kàk se mìe

How do you wash it?

218 (b) ə z vòdə be še gu izmìeš də iščìstiš vàlnətə

Well, with water of course! You wash it to clean the wool

219 (a) də isper’èš

to wash …

222 (b) vɤ̀lnətə

the wool.

223 (GK) da pàdne koè

So that what should come out?

225 (b) šùštetu šùštetu ə də pàdne bè də isper’èš

The dirt. [You want] the dirt to come out! You wash [it]

226 (b) hùbəvə də stàne bɛ̀lo

to make it get nice, [to make it] white.

Sŭrnica 2

33 (MM) dà a vɤ̀lnata kàk ja rabòtite vìe

Yes. And wool – how do you process that?

34 (a) vɤ̀lnətà li

Wool?

35 (MM) dà

Yes.

36 (a) nəlì tàm udnis’èš’ kəzànə nə

Well, you know, you take it to the cauldron, to …

37 (b) nə rekàtə

To the river.

38 (a) nə kurìtutu tàmkənə nə piràlnətə i pupàriš’ jə

… to the trough there, to the washing place and you steam it.

40 (a) pu jnò rùnu ud inà ufcà

One fleece at a time, from a single sheep.

41 (MM) e zaštò ja popàrvaš

Ah, and why do you steam it?

42 (a) idìn č’uvàl də vrì f kəzànə s’ərɤ̀tə də izlez’è

[We put] a sack [of wool] to boil in the cauldron to get rid of the “sera”

43 (MM) à serɤ̀ta

Ah – the “sera”?

44 (a) məzninɤ̀tə də izləz’è serɤ̀tə nə vɤ̀lnətə pupàriš’ jə təkòənə

The grease. You steam the wool like that so the “sera” (grease) will come out,

45 (a) sl’èt tvà jə fɤ̀rl’əš’ f stud’ènutu kurìtu pà

After that you throw it into the cold trough again …

46 (b) izmìvəš tòo

You wash this –

47 (a) pà tàm də sə ispir’è

so it gets all washed through again.

49 (a) sl’ət tvà slàgəš’ pàg drùgu rùnu ud ufcɤ̀ f kəzànə

And after that you put another fleece from [another] sheep in the cauldron.

50 (a) mə ìməž d’èset mə ìməž dvàjsi runà vɤ̀lnə i sìč’ki

Whether ten or twenty fleeces of wool, they all

51 (a) idnìč’ku pu idnìč’ku š’ə gi prikàrəš’ v gur’ɤ̀štətə vòdə f kəzànə

get done one by one. You process them [all] in hot water

52 (a) i sl’ət tvà v’èč’ə f stud’ènətə vòdə š’ə gi pir’èš’

and after that you wash them in cold water

53 (a) kòlku si ìskəš’

as much as you want.

Sveta Petka 1

3 (a) kato ostrigà ufcè̝te tùriš’ mìješ’ jɤ su vudàtә isɤ̀wne

After I shear the sheep you put it in water, and wash it, [then] it dries,

4 (a) i e tәkà kàktu ә rәbòtim nìe č’eš’à ja tәkà

and then what we do is I comb it like this,

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