Marieta (verda) (f)
(with) definite article: ? [sa/la?]Endearing name
A girl's name, used as a regional term for the Sac de gemecs in Merlès (Marieta) and district Lluçanes (Marieta verda); NB¹: In Podnos ignorantly presented as a "Spanish" term.
NB²: ➺ Similar terms (According to Tomàs i Cucurull, the use of the adjective "verda" in these terms indicates that in certain regions the colour of the protective / decorative cover (Vestit) was traditionally green); NB³: ➺ Girls’ (Women’s) names.
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.42.
Tomàs i Cucurull, Jordi: El sac de gemecs [The Catalonian bagpipe]. Llorà-Gironès, 1985, p.99.
Vallverdú i Segura, Jordi "Xufu": Sac de Gemecs: Rescued to play. In: Chanter, Winter 1995, p.32 (Marieta verda).
Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.30 (Marieta; »Donostia/Tomás).