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"Ni bohu svečka, ni čortu duda"

original: Hi богу свечка, ні чорту дуда

Literally: "No candle for God, no bagpipe for the devil" [Nobody will be given anything].

Sources

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

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