Notes Relating to the Manners and Customs of the Crim Tatars: Written During a Four Years' Residence Among that People. With Plates |
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Page 13
... handkerchief , the ends of which hang down behind , and over this a white veil , without which it is a shame for them to be seen . When they go out to walk they wear a large coat made of a very thin kind of woollen stuff , + very white ...
... handkerchief , the ends of which hang down behind , and over this a white veil , without which it is a shame for them to be seen . When they go out to walk they wear a large coat made of a very thin kind of woollen stuff , + very white ...
Page 26
... handkerchiefs , & c . , and on the shelves are seen various articles of dress , the robes and kaftans of the ladies ; be- sides this display , there is always a pile of coverlids , mattrasses , and cushions for their beds , over which ...
... handkerchiefs , & c . , and on the shelves are seen various articles of dress , the robes and kaftans of the ladies ; be- sides this display , there is always a pile of coverlids , mattrasses , and cushions for their beds , over which ...
Page 36
... handkerchiefs coarsely embroidered , and little pieces of linen , or of coarse printed cotton are distributed , for which the guests con- * At the wedding of Afsoot Tchelebi this was a handsome Circassian horse , for which he gave five ...
... handkerchiefs coarsely embroidered , and little pieces of linen , or of coarse printed cotton are distributed , for which the guests con- * At the wedding of Afsoot Tchelebi this was a handsome Circassian horse , for which he gave five ...
Page 39
... handkerchiefs and towels , rich coverlids , and cushions of cotton or Turkish silk . All these are distribu ted around the room ; even the shifts , being new for the occasion , are hung up with THE CRIM TATARS . 39 €
... handkerchiefs and towels , rich coverlids , and cushions of cotton or Turkish silk . All these are distribu ted around the room ; even the shifts , being new for the occasion , are hung up with THE CRIM TATARS . 39 €
Page 83
... handkerchief ( the prize con- tended for ) in his mouth , sets off at full speed , followed by one , two , or perhaps ten or twenty others . He who overtakes the first snatches the prize , and is in like manner pursued by the rest , who ...
... handkerchief ( the prize con- tended for ) in his mouth , sets off at full speed , followed by one , two , or perhaps ten or twenty others . He who overtakes the first snatches the prize , and is in like manner pursued by the rest , who ...
Common terms and phrases
Akmetchet animals attendants bagpipe beauty believe boiled bride brought Bulgarians ceremony Cimmerian Circassian clothes coarse commonly consists corn Cossack covered CRIM TATARS Crimea deceased dish distance dress favourite fifty kopeeks five roubles flocks four fruit garden at Karagoss girls Greeks hair handkerchief handsome heat Horse-racing horses husband inhabitants Kaffa kaftan Karasubazar Kertch knout known labour lamb land latter likewise married millet mountain Mulla Murza neighbourhood nerality never occasion Odessa pairs of oxen party peasant peasantry peninsula Perekop persons petack plough pood possesses prayers priest proprietor quantity remarkable residence round Russian salt scorbutic season seen Sevastopol sheep sherbet shoes silver sold sort south coast Stepp Sudac summer taboon taste Tatar sacerdatal Tatar women tenced Theodosia thousand threshing thrown tion towns trees trowsers Turkish silk twenty versts village of Karagoss wear wedding wife winter