Zoqueiros / Zoqueiros
Os zoqueiros fan
zocos e zocas, calzado habitual entre as xentes dun país húmido e aberto
ás chuvias e neves das longas invernías.
As empeñas de coiro mércanllas aos zapateiros. Para facer os paos dos zocos e mailas zocas utilizan madeira de bidueiro, ameneiro ou salgueiro, que labran no burro.
Adoitan traballar nos seus obradoiros, pero ao remate do outono poden saír ambulantes a faceren os encargos que lles pidan, levando a ferramenta nun cesto de longo aro.
Pattons made wooden clogs and clogs made of wood and leather, normal footwear in a land of long rainy and snowy winters.
They would buy the leather from the shoemaker. They would use birtchwood or willow which they would shape on a bench.
They usually work in their workshops but in autumn they may leave the workshop for special orders, carrying their tools in a basket with a long handle.
Conversa co ZOQUEIRO
Conversation with a PATTON
1. Oficio dos pais?
- Meu pai era carpinteiro e miña nai ama de casa.
1. Parents' profession?
- My father was a carpenter and my mother a housewife.
2. Que o levou a elixir o seu traballo?
- Porque tiña un irmán que facía zocos, eu funlle axudar algunha vez e pouco a pouco empecei a aprender e cada vez gustábame máis ata que empecei a facelos eu.
2.What made you choose your profession?
- I had a sister who made clogs and I helped her from time to time in order to learn. I came to like it and started making them myself.
3. Traballou só nisto?
- Non, tamén tiña vacas.
3.Was this your only job?
- No, I also kept cows.
4. Técnicas de traballo.
- Había que cortar a madeira en cachiños pequenos con un serrucho, logo labrábase cunha machada e despois cunhas trenchas íaselle dando forma á sola e amarrábao con cravos.
4. Working technique.
- You had to cut the wood into small pieces using a small saw, then you would work the wood, shape the sole and join the parts with nails.
5. Anos no oficio.
- Fixen zocos durante uns vinte e cinco anos, e ao mesmo tempo tamén tiña vacas e ovellas na casa.
5. Timespan.
- I made clogs for twenty-five years and I had cows and sheep to care for at home too.
6. Materias primas.
- Madeira de ameneiro ou bidueiro, cravos e o coiro.
6. Raw materials.
- Birchwood and willow as well as nails.
7. Que utensilios usaba?
- Serrucho, martelo, trencha, machada e, ás veces, tenaces.
7. What tools did you use?
- A small saw, a hammer, a carver and sometimes some pincers.
8. Canto lle custaba o material?
- A madeira, por cada par de zocos custábame cincuenta céntimos.
8.How much was the material?
- The wood for a pair of clogs would cost fifty cents.
9. Canto cobraba?
- Os primeiros anos cobraba seis pesetas, e despois fun aumentando ata os últimos que vendín a once pesetas.
9. How much were a pair?
- At first six pesetas and towards the end eleven pesetas.
10. Cantos pares facía ao día?
- Facía uns seis pares, porque tamén tiña que atender algo as vacas.
10. How many pairs did you make a day?
- About six because I also had to care for the cows.
11. Cantos anos tiña cando empezou a facelos?
- Empecei con quince anos.
11. How old were you when you began?
- I was fifteen.
12. De onde traía o material?
- Compraba no monte unhas árbores e despois fendíaas e labrábaas.
12. Where did you get the materials?
- I would buy some trees in the woods and I would chop them and shape the pieces.
13. Cando empezou, que tiña pensado para o futuro?
- Pois quería ser o mellor zoqueiro da aldea, e ao final conseguino, porque cando parei de facelos, xa era o único zoqueiro da aldea.
13. What plans did you have for the future when you began?
- I wanted to be the best patton in the village, and I was in the end, because I was the only one left.
14. Naquela época había moita competencia?
- Non moita, había moitos artesáns na aldea, pero cada un dedicábase a unha cousa.
14. Was there a lot of rivalry back then?
- Not much, there were many craftsmen but they all had different trades.
15. Onde os facía?
- Nun local que tiña, que era onde tiña as ferramentas todas para traballar.
15 Where did you make them?
- In a workshop of mine where I kept all my tools.
Entrevistador:
Interviewer:
José Luís Mejuto Sanguiao. B1C.
