They destroy the sweet child;
Fire, fire, oh burn!
Protect the child and the mother!”
When the birth is very difficult, the mother’s relations come to help, and one of them lets an egg fall, zwischen den Beinen derselben. On this occasion the gypsy women in Southern Hungary sing:—
“Ánro, ánro in obles,
Te e pera in obles:
Ava čavo sástávestes!
Devlá, devlá, tut akharel!”
“The egg, the egg is round,
And the belly is round,