General Data: Locality description, dialect classification, sound system, informants, fieldworkers
Photo:
The church and cemetery (Marta Ivaylova, 29.09.2012)
About the locality:
Western Bulgarian population, originating more specifically from Orehovica and Slavovica, Pleven Region, settled here in waves. There is, for instance, data regarding migration in 1810, 1828 and 1829 (
Roman, L. 1984: 142;
Velichi, C. N. 1965: 107;
Велики, К. Н., В. Трайков 1980: 275). The 1838 registry of the population records the presence of 29 “Serbian” households. At the end of the nineteenth century the village had 1137 residents, mainly Bulgarian, who maintained their language and traditions (
Georgescu, P. 1897: 235). G. Weigand visited the village in 1898 and later included it in his atlas as a locality with Bulgarian population (
Weigand, G. 1900: 118; (
Weigand, G. 1909: Map 67). In 1908 S. Romanski found 300 families, predominantly Bulgarian.
More about the locality:
Locality:
Spătăréi, Teléorman,
43.889° N, 25.132° E
Dialect type:
This dialect is spoken in:
Bíla,
Băléni-Sấrbi,
Calomfiréşti,
Corlătéşti,
Drăghinéşti,
Licuríciu,
Púntea de Gréci,
Spătăréi,
Stoenéşti,
Târgóvişte,
Udéni
See also:
Informants:
Tina Steliana Dugheanu (79, f)
Fieldworkers:
Maxim Sl. Mladenov (1930-1992)
Cristian Ionescu (1943-)
Dialect Texts: Transcriptions (to be uploaded) and audio of the original recordings made on 06.06.1975
1.1.Introduction of the informant [1373]
Аbout informants
1.2.Wedding [1374]
Lifecycle
1.3.Going to the mill [1375]
Work
1.6.Clothing [1378]
Clothing
1.9.What would one weave in the past? [1381]
Work
1.10.Brooding hen [1382]
Domestic animals
1.11.Cabbage rolls [1383]
Food
1.15.Agriculture [1387]
Work
1.16.About language [1388]
Language
1.17.New Year celebration [1389]
Calendar
1.18.Slaughtering the pig [1390]
Calendar
1.19.Fasting [1391]
Calendar
1.20.Wool [1392]
Domestic animals
1.21.Weaving [1393]
Clothing
1.22.Domestic animals [1394]
Domestic animals
1.23.Telling tales [1395]
Folklore
1.24.Deathbed and funeral rites [1396]
Lifecycle
1.26.Work in the field [1398]
Work
1.27.Tomorrow’s chores [1399]
Society
1.28.Yesterday [1400]
Work
1.30.Speaking Bulgarian [1402]
Language
1.31.Wildlife [1403]
Wildlife
1.32.Poultry and domestic animals [1404]
Domestic animals
1.34.Kinship terms [1406]
Society
1.35.Baptism [1407]
Lifecycle
2.1.Children’s entertainment [1408]
Society
2.2.Rituals for rain [1409]
Society
2.3.St. Lazarus' day [1410]
Society
2.4.At the water-mill [1411]
Work
2.7.Parts of the body [1414]
Anatomy
2.8.Furniture [1415]
Housing