Zelman
Translation details
Model:mistral-large-2512.Translated text
Section titled “Translated text”A game widespread among rural children and youth in various regions of Poland; suitable for secondary school girls. The girls join hands and stand in two rows facing each other. These rows sing alternately, with the singing row moving forward while the other retreats. One row (A) represents Zelman’s procession, and the other (B) represents the procession of a maiden of marriageable age. After each verse, Zelman’s procession approaches the raised hands of the opposing row, which allows all the girls to pass except the last one, whom it incorporates into its own ranks. The game ends when Zelman’s procession is reduced to two people. The number of verses may be adjusted according to the number of participants, adding details of the trousseau (dress, handkerchief, shoes, etc.) or various types of bread (peasant, princely, royal, etc.).
Transcription scope: musical notation and song lyrics omitted as material outside the corpus scope; exact boundaries recorded in the extraction report.
Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain.” View PDF — page 70.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Eugeniusz Piasecki, Zabawy i gry ruchowe dzieci i młodzieży (1922)
- Printed pages: 65–66 / PDF 70–71
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 65
- Read the source text: zgr-012