Sentence from Afanasyev, 290 'Svinoy Chokhol'

[Derek Andersen]

pig hide case - maybe "pigskin encasement"?

2011/5/4 Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu>:
> Куда тебе! = It's not for you!
>
> She went out into the open field, whistled, barked, not as a nightingale
> whisltes, but with her own young maiden voice, and a carriage appeared; she
> tossed off her pig hide case, put on a dress: ...
>
> May 3, 2011, в 3:52 PM, Robert Chandler написал(а):
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I don't know what to do with this sentence from a skazka (one that is very
>> similar to Cinderella)"В другой раз собрались к царю на бал. Свиной Чехол
>> просит позволения прийти посмотреть. <<Куда тебе!>> Она вышла в чистое поле,
>> свистнула-гаркнула не соловейским посвистом, а своим девичьим голосом --
>> явилась карета; скинула свой свиной чехол, надела платье: на спине светел
>> месяц, на груди красно солнышко! Приехала на бал и пошла танцевать.
>>
>> My English translation seems odd - odd without being interesting or
>> expressive: "She went out into open steppe and let out something between a
>> shout and a whistle - her voice was not the voice of a nightingale but the
>> voice of a young maiden - and a carriage appeared."
>>
>> I don't know what to do to make it work.  Probably it would be easier if I
>> could see the point of what I assume is an allusion to the
>> Solovei-Razboinik.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
>>
>> tel. +44 207 603 3862
>>
>>
>>
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