„Vei trăi cât Cheile Bâcului!” – arheologia unei expresii
“You will live as long as Cheile Bâcului!” – the archeology of an expression

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the collected data of philological and historical order which explains the origin of the expression “To live as long as Cheile Bâcului!” which circulates in the form of folklore in the perimeter of the Ghidighici suburb of Kishinev municipality. The expression has its origins in ancient times and belongs to a geological formation made on a segment of the Bâc River not far from the city of Kishinev, on whose account legends were created and to which personalities like Dimitrie Cantemir, the Swede Weismantel, B.P. Hasdeu, the Bessarabian Zamfir Arbore, the Russian Zașciuk and the Romanian historian Nicolae Densușianu showed interest. According to the erudite scholar B. P. Hasdeu and the Romanian historian Nicolae Densușianu, the formation that bears the name of Cheile Bâcului are the ruins of some human constructions made in Antiquity

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