start any work. Father was consulted with on the most important questions, as he knew life as well as art of war. His word was decisive.
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We call her Mum. I used to associate with Dad. . .
E. S. : Did a Cossack woman have to cover the head with a kerchief?
R. P4. : Yes, and she had to wash her husbands feet.
E. S. :You want to say there were no conflicts between spouses .
R. P5: In spite of the harshcustomsin the Cossacks families however conflicts between spouses were not seldom. But the Cossacks tended not to foul their own nest(не выносили сор из избы)
R. P6: They tried to keep their children away from their conflicts. And the neighbours shouldnt know about them all the more. Anyway all the conflicts had only one final: "do as father says". He punished those who were wrong (both children and grow-ups). But the fother praised with a kind word, or with Present (a newspoon or candy)
E. S. What do these words mean. Its better to be born a man than a pretty woman.
R. P7:
As I know the Cossacks daughters grew up free but they didnt get land.
Birth of a child was immense happiness. Among the Kuban Cossacks there was a tradition to bring presents into the house when a baby (particularly a boy) had its first tooth (появлялся первый зуб). The most common presents were a gun, bullets, cartidges, gunpower and bow arrows. (ружье, пули, патроны, порох и лук со стрелами)
R. P8:
The Cossacks were superior horsemen. By the time a Cossacks had his first teeth cut his father and mother put him on a horseback for the second time and took him to the church to hold a public prayer to St. Ivan the Warrior. (служить молебен Святому Ивану-воину)For the first time a Cossack "straddled a horseback on the forti
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