Kultapyörä

Milk luck

Something to chant while milking when you want to get a good amount of milk. According to some recounts, these words should especially be chanted on midsummer. People could also do stuff like try to "steal" the milk luck of their neighbours out of jealousy.



Minäpä lypsän luikuttelen
Tuppeheni tuikuttelen
Nyt saat heinän helpeestä
Tuhannen kukan nenästä
Tule onni outtavalle
Antauhe anelevalle
Ota onnee omaks tarppeks
Mut ei multakan pois
Kuohu korkealle kohoo
Vaahti vanteelle valahtaa
Sulle vesi, mulle voi
Vähää ennen päivänkoin


I milk smoothly
Flash into my sheath
Now you'll get a hay from a lodicule
From the tips of a thousand flowers
Luck, come to the one waiting for it
Give it to the one begging for it
Take as much luck as you need
But nothing away from me either
Froth rises high
Foam slumps to the band
To you water, to me butter
A bit before the break of dawn