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Meh (m)

bellows / wineskin / goatskin
Mješnica

Hrvatsko Primorje region; Kvarner islands (Cres (Martinšćica; 1937: extinct [replaced with the accordion]); Krk (here the bagpipe was also played at weddings, but only of the poor who couldn’t afford to hire a "pir" [couple/pair (?)] of Sopila players; ➺ Mih); Pag (Novalja; 1937: extinct; ➺ Mešnice, and Svirale; Studena; NB: ➺ homonyms.

Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.19, 116, 126, 223, 224, 262, 292, ➺ 294, 319 (10; ➺ pir).