"Anro, ánro in obles,
Te e pera in obles:
Ava čavo sástávestes!
Devlá, devlá, tut akharel!"The egg, the egg is round,
And the belly is round,
Come child in good health
God, God calls thee!"If a woman dies in child-bed two eggs are placed under her arms and the
following couplet is muttered:--
"Kana anro kirnes hin,
Kathe nañi tçudá him!""When this egg is (shall be) decayed,
Here (will be) is no milk!"When the after-pains begin it is the custom with some of the gypsy tribes
in the Siebenburgen to smoke the sufferer with decayed willow-wood which
is burned for the purpose while the women in attendance sing:--
"Sik te sik o tçu urál,
Te urál o čon urál!
Kana len hádjináven
Sasčipená tut' áven;
Káná o tçu ná urál--
Tute nañi the dukhal,
Tute náñi the dukhál.""Fast and fast the smoke flies,
And flies, the moon flies,
When they find (themselves)
Health (yet) will come to thee,
When the smoke no (longer) flies
Thou wilt feel pain no more!"When a gypsy woman is with child she will not, if she can help it, leave
her tent by full moonshine. A child born at this time it is believed will make
a happy marriage. So it is said of birth in the Western World:--