Jovan-Jeja of Kosta’s Milovan

(Kunak, 1902-Klicevo, 1982)

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Mato remembers where Jovan is aiming, so he will tell him more

disinterestedly:

- Harder, godfather, harder! Don't be afraid!

He got better

Kosta's Milovan's Jovan was an ardent supporter of the "king and

homeland". Even when Niksic was released in 1944, he hoped that the king would

return, so he hid near Ostrog for a while. When he was convinced that nothing

would happen, he surrendered. They send him home and threaten him to take care

of his behavior.

Supporters of the people's government did not leave him alone. Persuasions rained

down:

- Jovan, revise your position Jovan, you saved your head: now be smart!

Jovan, when you sing with the fiddle, sing partisan songs, Jovan, when you sing

with the cows, sing louder so that the people hear what you are singing! Jovan...
And indeed, Jovan used to go to the first post-war elections to show the activists

his new attitude, with his song, which he sang in front of the bar on Pandurica

below Kunak.

Hey, people of Montenegro,

we go to the polls,

We don't vote for King Petar,

there are little balls in him,

than we vote for comrade Tito

he has a big dick in him!

Veko’s Mrdelja and Duke Bozo

Veko's Mrdelja complained to the Minister of the Interior, Duke Bozo

Petrovic in Cetinje, that the government did not meet his needs well when

exercising control and that he was being belittled by

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parties in disputes when he judges them, because he will not show them "in black

and white" who he is and what he is.

 - "I'll give you a note for that the next time you come, I'm in big business

now," the duke told him.

Mrdelja from there, without a word, straight to Nikica's Ivana's tavern for

food and cognac. On the third day, he went to the duke again to write him a "note".

The duke was surprised to see Mrdelja, so he would say confusedly:

- When did you return from Niksic, God forbid?

- I didn't move from Nikica's Ivana's tavern, nor do I have a place to go

back without a note.

The duke crossed himself, took a piece of paper and a pencil case, and began

to write: "To inform all Captains and Authorities that Mr. Mrdelja Mijuskovic

would come across, that he is coming on my orders and that they must be at hand

and respond to his every request."

President of the State Council

Minister of the Interior

B. Petrovic

The seal strikes and he'd say:

- Here, Mrdelja, what you were looking for and a happy journey. And don't

let Nikica's Ivana curses at you ?!

 I don’t go through, Lord, by God

Veko's Mrdelja was a smart man, but uneducated. He lost his parents too

soon: his father died and his mother remarried. But Mrdelja moved here, moved

there - he became educated, he became a clerk in court, then an investigator and

finally - a judge in Niksic.

Due to the reorganization of the courts in 1890, Mrdelja lost his job, but he

did not reconcile with that, but sent complaints and petitions to Prince Nikola. The

master answered him and

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he gave him advices until his patience betrayed him, and then, at one request, he

sharply underlined:

- If you think I'll take you by the hand to N(iksic) to sit you in some place,

you're wrong. Get over me.

And he underlines this answer twice with a red pencil, thinking that this is

the end of their correspondence.

When Mrdelja read the answer, he slammed his fist on table and he said to

himself:
 - I'm not passing, Lord, by God, but you will still read about Mrdelja, just

may God protect you!

The new appeal began as follows: “I was a cop at the District Court in

Niksic, an writer, and even more an envoy, from the same ones in the county for

investigating lawsuits. Not only do I say, but I refer to Mr. Duke Sako Petrovic,

that I was zealous in every way... "

However, after a few years of waiting, Mrdelja was appointed a member of

the Niksic Municipal Court with a salary of one thousand crowns "per year", and

then a judge of the same court.

Djuro is not a corward

Sava's Bajo's Djuro from Povija was considered a brave fighter. This was

acknowledged by all his comrades-in-arms - partisans. When his company

captured and tied up a dozen enemy soldiers, they ordered to Djuro to shoot all of

them. At that moment he unbuttoned his blouse, showed his chest and said to the

commander:

- First, shoot me, then them! I’m not a coward and I don’t want to kill tied

people!

The order was carried out by another, and Djuro barely survived.
 What is joy

V. B Mijuskovic form Povija, was getting married. The chosen girl was

from famous village. On the eve of the wedding, which is prepared according to

the tradition

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According to the tradition of this region and Montenegro, a large number of

guests gathered. The evening passed in joy - as it is appropirate for the family and

the groom.

At one point in the night, the wedding leaders were appointed. Djordje's

Marko's Veljko was chosen as the old wedding guest. The next day the wedding

guests went to work for the girl, singing and shooting into the sky. Her arrival at

the new home was accompanied by song, play and shooting. At the same time, one

of them, whose pistol did not stop firing, hooked a plate from the table and broke

it.

- "You've gone too far with the shooting, brother by God, and even you're

braking plates, and you know very well that they borrowed them from relatives and

neighbours for this occasion," the frowning, elderly bridegroom warned him.
 As he heard a few more unwanted words, between these two, the old groom,

in order to "calm down" the situation, began to break the plates - by throwing. He

broke sixteen of them. Just as many as were brought from his house. And he had

no more in the home than that.

Nothing from people can be hidden

Djordjije's Marko brought a nice amount of money from America, after his

third return, so as a hard-working host he strengthened his financial situation on all

issues. In particular, he expanded the vineyard and expertly cultivated it, and he

was rarely short of wine and brandy. He spent them according to measure and

need, not at the request of the family. In the fall, he would fill a barrel of about

fifty liters of brandy and go up to the attic of the house to be saved there for spring

and summer work.

Rather, his son Dusan, during the long autumn and cold winter days - hiding

from his family - drinked through a straw until he drank it all on his own! When

the housewife went up to the attic in early May to pour a liter of brandy for the

plowmen in Niksic filed, she had something to see: the barrel was dissolved, the

hoops fell, and the other barrles were swept away!

- "It's youth, madness!" It's youth, madness! the old woman repeated in a

low voice as she slowly descended the linden pillars.

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Note about author

Ilija Mijuskovic from father Mirko Minja and mother Djelika, born Nikolic,

professor by profession. He was born in the village of Kunak near Niksic on

October 17, 1934. He finished primary school in Ozrinici, four grades of high

school, Teacher's School and Pedagogical Academy, History and Geography

Group in Niksic, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Geography Group in Sarajevo, and

postgraduate studies in Belgrade at the Faculty of National Defense, where he

obtained a master's degree in military sciences. He finished the school of reserve

officers in Bileca. He has the rank of first class captain. He worked as a teacher in

several places in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. From 1976

until his retirement in 1999, he worked as an assistant and lecturer at the

Pedagogical Academy, the Faculty of Teacher Education and the Faculty of

Philosophy in Niksic. He has published several scientific and professional papers

in the field of geography, pedagogy and national defense. Contributions were

published in: Geography newspaper, Newspaper Pobjeda, Politika,

University word, Protect and defense, Civil protection, Military act,

collection of papers by professors and associates of Faculty of

Philosophy in Niksic and other rumor forces. He has participated in several

scientific conferences with his presentations. He has collaborated on a number of

scientific research projects and publications. He is the author of the following

books: The second generation of the five-year Teachers' School in Niksic

1952-1957. Years, Mato, Pride stronger than the staying, Serdar Mrkoje

Mijuskovic, From my notebook, Mijuskovics in anecdotes and stories .

He prepared and published novels for the press: Grandfathers, Vortex and

flame day - his close and early deceased cousin Vojislav Vojo Novakovic, old

Mijuskovic from Povija, and Memories of the Commander of the Radoje's Djuro

Kontic Pjesivic Battalion. In his manuscript are the books: Genealogy of the

Mijuskovics Brotherhood, Cabinets in Gvozdenci and Gvozdenica.

Throughout his working life, he was intensively engaged in socio-political

work: the longest in the Association of Reserve Military Elders and the

Association of Speleologists of Yugoslavia and Montenegro, as a pensioner in the

Association of Pensioners of Montenegro.

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Since 2002, he has been the president of the non-governmental organization

"Association Mijuskovics" from Niksic, which has achieved remarkable results in

terms of preserving the tradition of this fraternity.

For his entire work he received several awards, ranging from monetary awards to

municipal, republican and federal awards, of which we should certainly mention

the Diplomas of Deserved (1894) and Honorary (1988) member of the Association

of Speleologists of Yugoslavia - most awards in this field. He won the Order of

Military Services with a Silver Sword (1988). He lives in Niksic, 8 Maso Jelic

Street.
 Mirko’s Ilija of Minjo

(Kunak, 1934)

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 The content

Preface

Bogdan’s Blagoslov Potolic

Little consolation

He decided to burn in "his torment”

Bozovica

This is its measurement

Bozo’s Ilija and committee

When there is no brandy

He just crossed him

It can’t be!

He gave when it needed

His passport are chains

The norm must be fulfilled

To Turk goes head, and the priest the rest

Why Priest's Bajo stopped fasting

Prince and Bajo Mijuskovic

Bajo's mistake

I cut it for him - there's nowhere blacker

Twice as honest
Opinion of Priest's Bajo

Birds fly with their tails

He did not ask for a medal

The bullet saved his life

Hanging thousands

Nikcevic saves Mijuskovics

Everything suits him

America is for him

Let it be heard

One "conversation"

The fourth wheel goes away

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He left his hat in the Party

Everything that was good

Unconvincing

Never again

No fuel

He does not have the status of a fighter

Awkward names

He was wrong

Literary gathering

Kemo and Mato

There's no way he's wrong

Mato is paying

In a storm

It is not easy to ride

Hammer seeds

No shouting or insults

For many, he worked that way

It's not big

Property does not help

He reads regularly

Not to be ashamed

He didn't care about the government

Wrong estimate

There you go, Mato

He was saved by a poet

The moment is important

What is - is

Three-wheeled car

A normal day

They missed each other

The horse is to blame

It was all just a joke

Gorge of Otovics

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He didn't listen to him

Mujo "Turkishized"

,,Little" mistake

An empty wish

Nothing without Paper

No coffee

A literate police officer

"Beetle powder"

Maybe - and they are!

A gift
It came to him

Together and in the other world

He recognized him

A hall is a hall

How to know

The weather has changed

He heard

Enough boxes for shoes

Bozo's wondering

It won't be long

Mato and Nikolics

Jovan's rebuke

Ecology

Call the fire department

Only by law

Risto is allowed

Priest's Risto and Brsnjans

Never again

Priest's Risto and new cannons

He lost money and the state

Restless border

Fuck off, Pigudan!

A flag bearer without an army

Little "naughty"

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He can't think alone

All in good time

A great pious man

Mato's trust

The forest

Overthrowing the government

One embarrassment is enough for him

Priest Vuko and the Turkish fugitives

Priest Vuko and Saint Petar

Priest Lazar son of priest Vuk

The best among the priests

Priest Lazar at the hearing

Reconciliation of priest Lazar and Joko's Mitar

Heroism of priest Lazar Mijuskovic

My son doesn't stink

Rifle

May God make it worse!

Because of the enemy

Motel by the fire in Povija

In the house of the priest Lazar

Prince Nikola to Priest Lazar

Don't hear, God, what they are

No answer

Who is the best Pjesivic

Priest Lazar Mijuskovic and Prince Nikola

He will alone

Priest Lazar and Prince Nikola

Only you, Master

Divorce of priest Djoka

The bees defended his house

Bought his rifles

Don’t sit by the cold

Consistent priest Lazar

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Good for us, Montenegrin Ban!

Serdar Vukota and Priest Lazar

Dundava

Priest Lazar Mijuskovic and tribesman

Two interester

Pjesivic and Coward

Priest Lazar Mijuskovic

Soldiers from Priest Djoka

Commander Priest Djoka Mijuskovic and Commander Stevan Matanovic

They never have enough fights

Approval of Priest Djoka

Pjesivics and Niksic people

The night before the battle of Vucija meadow

A child in a company

Prince Nikola and two Djokas

Fifth, and he could've been the first

It can be that way

He eats two servings

Priest Djoka Mijuskovic and soldier Backovic

His right arm hurts

Good shooter

Two commanders in one battalion

Baca Micunovic at the front

Like pagan he defended

Djoko's Zivko Tomic and Marko Cucilo

How Priest Djoka collected the debt from Prince Nikola

How Priest Djoka collected the debt

He must not

He gritted his teeth

He replaced the saint

Priest Djoka and Cevanes

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Priest Djoka before the Senate

Priest Djoka beats the debtor

Priest Djoka's reasons

Priest Djoka and flag bearer Jagos

Debt

Priest Djoka and Pjesivic

He found someone more confused

Priest Djoka and a weak payer

Priest Djoka Mijuskovic and his commissioner

He knows his people

They share like God

For rent at Priest Djoka

He lied last year

Real estate loan

King Nikola and Priest Djoka

Let's not forget what it was

Priest Djoka and the thief

Prince Nikola and priest Djoka Mijuskovic

Always the same

Like Cevanes

Milutin Nikcevic and Pjesivic Leader

Nothing without glasses

Priest Djoka and Peko's Nikola

Drunk, so he doesn't know

Felled - District Captain

Priest Djoka and Zeko's Miselja

Priest Djoka and hammers

He doesn't read the newspaper anymore

What is politics?

Priest Djoka Mijuskovic

A man of gold

Debt is debt

It is not all in debt (profit)

Suto and ladies of Mijuskovics

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He was saved by his master

Drobnjak and Figs

In heaven

When Christ confirms the covenant

Bajo's story and lesson

King Nikola and the club government

The law is stronger than the Lord

"Note Bene"

Collected Lazar's debt

Conjo and his donkey

To sleep over

What makes him grumpy

Marko and the fortune-telling church

Priest's Andrija and birth rate

Officers Andrija Mijuskovic and Niko Mijuskovic

She lost a "hundred" daily wages

Priest's Andro and Turo's Nikola

Property does not help

How priest's Andrija divided the estate

Daughter-in-law of priest's Andrija

Priest's Andrija and Subicans

Priest's Andrija and the Communists

Priest's Andrija and the doctor

I lie

Andrija's Radovan and Vasojevic's flag bearer

Glisa Lalovic and Radovan Mijuskovic

He couldn't understand it

Pjesivic head

First goes the state than everything else

Mijusko and Ivana

Prince Nikola and offended Herzegovinians

Bone

Mijusko's ,, Turk "

Mijusko's Niko words

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He raked himself

Get away from me

If the older doesn't want to, the younger will

Priest's Ilija and Montenegrin Poverty

In his own way

Most will curse you than thank you

Peko's Nikola, the wedding debut of Prince Danilo

Getting the captain's rank again

Peko's Nikola is angry with Prince for not allowing him to take part in the attack

on Niksic with the Battalion

At the captain's meeting

About the appearance of Peko's Nikola

Wrestling Peko's Nikola with an athlete in Cetinje

Trial at Bogetici

Dedo's Tico and Pjesivics

Trial in the meadow of Pjesivici (M. A. Vujacic)

Trial in the meadow of Pjesivici (B. Vujacic)

Heavy cap

Mayor Rade Z. Vukcevic and Captain Peko's Nikola

Trial in Vrazegrmci

How the culprit was found

A more important lawsuit than an exam

Brawl of Cevanes and Pjesivics

No overdoing it

He doesn't want to be a bolter

Habit is a miracle

Dividing of Slivlje

Allocating land to Pjesivics after the liberation of Niksic

Why the brothers didn't get along well

At dinner at Prince's

Modification of Prince Nikola's decision

Return of cattle sent to fill the prince's stable

King Nikola and Captain Peko's Nikola

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He swept with the rifle once

Pjesivics and Cevanes

Peko's Nikola and Nikola Banicevic

The prince is approached by Peko's Nikola in the Ostorg Monastery

King Nikola and Peko's Nikola

Decoration of Peko's Nikola

Hungry shepherds

Commander Peko's Nikola on the first record

Among the stumps

Suto and Captain Nikola

Four Markos

Miracles are Povijanes

Captain Peko's Nikola and Priest Jakov

All three are equal

Sharp on the tongue

Answer to grandson

Peko's Nikola's answers

No shortcuts

There will be no fourteenth

The only variety

Mitar's Peko and friends

Saved cooperatives and prisons

With motorcycle for Niksic

Sako and friends

The benefits of bad tounge

No one could reach him

Meteorologist

Voice to be cracked

He convinced him

Scepan's decision

There are no backing offs

How Peko's Marko became commander

Giving the rank of commander to Peko's Marko

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How Marko became a commander

He's afraid not to gain weight

Old commander and young lawyer

Recognition

Just as he says

Luka Mijuskovic and Maksim Backovic

What can't be hidden

Ivo's Radivoje and Master

Montenegrin Bulgarian

The quarrel paid off

It is not easy to quarrel brothers

Vukicev's Matija and devil

Persistent Mustava

He recognized "brother"

Let's burn Mustava

People of Slivlje - heroes

Habit

Mustava's Krsto and Petar's Milan

Good when it's Turkish

"He didn't understand him."

He mange

How Sutan hosted the Turk

Mecikukic repays the debt

They surrendered to the dead Zivko

Sutan's Jovica Mijuskovic

Sutan's Jovica and a captured Turk

How Simo proposed to Sava

Good never sinks

Ticket

Heroism is the king of everyone's evil

Golub's Novelja and The Turk

How Petrusa was using magic

It doesn't suit for Mijuskovics

Soft hammer

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The last bacon

My "Alaska" is gone too

He curses in English and speaks Serbian nicely

"In Kotor"

Let the state defended by women fail

Russia and the cross do not go together

There is no salvation for him - doctor!

The main culprit

First lesson

They ripped out the book

Protection by European standards

On trust of your woman!

A poet out of necessity

Flag bearer Sava's Grujica and Sobota Avdic

Flag bearer Sava's Grujica and Becko Adzimanic

Love out of necessity

Salvation of the flag

Prince Nikola and Sava's Grujica

Grujica's Niko and english doctors

How the Pjesivics sorrow the Russian Tsar Nikola

How Niko G. Mijuskovic measured the land to jajoses

Montenegrins about themselves and life

One verdict

Each his own

Pula S. Nikolic and Niko G. Mijuskovic

Flag bearer Mirko Mijuskovic and wedding guests

Mirko's astonishment

Mirko's order

Brernard Shaw and Mirko's Vladimir

Favourite wedding

The best correction of "Gorski Vijenac"

The little one of Risto

Praise the bad, not the good

He had to oversalt it

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Only with the fiddle

"The Big culprit"

He paid dearly for a lie

That is not to be forgotten

He to tell me!!!

Schedule for work in the other world

The only one in Montenegro

He protected the village

Damn interest

She married her father next to her living mother

Master and Ramo's Mirko

There will be lands to your heart's content

He's doing on his own

"Big" lack

Degenerate

Crazy stone

When a man is tormented

It is known where the rabbit lies

Damn old age

There are no benefits from many proposers

The Medal killed him

Blagota's Lako and Neighbors

The ingenuity of Janko's Marko Mijuskovic

He'll do everything by himself

Trial of Zeko's Lako

About Janko's Bajo

Bey Averic and Pjesivic

He who does good does not hope for evil

Agreement in the Ostrog Monastery

He overbegged him

Wounding of Mrkoje Serdar

It won't be the same way

Death of Mrkoje Serdar

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Captain of town Niksic grieves death of Mrkoje Serdar

Serdar Mrkoje and Captain Musovic

Both man and hero

The people and their lawyers

Lifetime permit

He wants clerk
He doesn't eat meat

Jeja

Fair enough - nothing to say

It's hard to have sons

"Jesus Christ" in Ozirinici

Jovan is in charge of everything

Harder, godfather!

He got better!

Veko's Mrdelja and Duke Bozo

I'm not passing trhough, Master, by God

Djuro is not a coward

What is joy

Nothing can be hidden from the people

Note about author

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