Irina Suvarov, lipovan, Sulina
Yes, in Cardon. There was a fishery there, they stayed all week.
The fishermen came on Saturdays and if there was fish, they didn’t return home. The wives would come on foot from Sfiștofca, they would come to Cardon. They would take fish because they had 7, 8 children and they had to get them something to eat.They would come on foot, take fish and then return home and cook food for the children.
And the fishermen would continue fishing when there was a lot of fish. The baskets were made of rushes, they would put them in, tie a basket here, a basket here, one on their backs and take them home. There were no means of transport. There were cows, but you couldn’t go with a cow.
The fishermen who stayed in Sulina didn’t have horses because there was no one to take care of horses.You had to keep the horse at home all the time, feed it, especially during summer.
You had to mow the grass, give it green hay, it doesn’t eat dry hay, or tie it somewhere. You must take care of the horse all the time, you must give it water on time, feed it on time. And so many didn’t have one. So people walked, poor them, on foot.
