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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 9432587, member: 33"]Such an interesting discussion!</p><p><br /></p><p>I let Google translate the Bulgarian brief Wikipedia article into English. Here is what it says, generally.</p><p>"<b>Palamarka</b> is a wooden glove for the last three <a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%81%D1%82" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%81%D1%82" rel="nofollow">fingers</a> of <a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8A%D0%BA%D0%B0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8A%D0%BA%D0%B0" rel="nofollow">the hand</a> , which is used when <a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%8A%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%8A%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" rel="nofollow">reaping</a> with <a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BF" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BF" rel="nofollow">a sickle</a> . At the top, the palmarka ends with an inwardly curved horn (gaga), about 10 cm long. The purpose of the palmarka is to cover more ears and to protect the hand from injuries with the sickle, since when working with it, the ears are cut directly under the hand that grasps them. The horn is also used to tie <a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF" rel="nofollow">bundles</a> ."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 9432587, member: 33"]Such an interesting discussion! I let Google translate the Bulgarian brief Wikipedia article into English. Here is what it says, generally. "[B]Palamarka[/B] is a wooden glove for the last three [URL='https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%81%D1%82']fingers[/URL] of [URL='https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8A%D0%BA%D0%B0']the hand[/URL] , which is used when [URL='https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%8A%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0']reaping[/URL] with [URL='https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BF']a sickle[/URL] . At the top, the palmarka ends with an inwardly curved horn (gaga), about 10 cm long. The purpose of the palmarka is to cover more ears and to protect the hand from injuries with the sickle, since when working with it, the ears are cut directly under the hand that grasps them. The horn is also used to tie [URL='https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF']bundles[/URL] ."[/QUOTE]
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