Comment
The content of this text was recorded in Russian by Ljudmila Zhukova from one of the residents of the village Nelemnoe. In 1990 it was translated into Yukaghir by
Vasilij Shalugin.
Translation
(48-1) In our cellar our mother often found worms among the food.
(48-2) She remembered the ancient people's stories that we have forgotten. She was always frightened to see that worm, because she thought that something bad would happen.
(48-3) She used to say that it called down trouble.
(48-4) She took a knife and cut it with the knife in several places.
(48-5) Then she said: "If white juice comes out, everything will be all right. If juice similar to blood comes out, it will call down some trouble."
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