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"Kupiŭ dudu na svaju bjadu"

original: Купіў дуду на сваю бяду

Literally: "He bought a bagpipe for his own problem / trouble / misfortune"; It was believed that a person who plays the bagpipe, can’t do anything else (can’t be good at farming, &c.); Contrarily, it was also believed, however, that one who plays the bagpipe, is good at everything.


Sources

Воранаў, Віталь [Voranaŭ, Vital’]: Дудары Глыбоцкага краю [Bagpipers of the Hlybokae territory]. Глыбокае [Hlybokae], 2019 (2), p.9.

Personal communication

Vital’ Voranaŭ (Hlybokae [Віталь Воранаў, Глыбокае]), e-mail 30 July 2019