General translation:

Julie tells that she originally comes from the house of Atias, and married her husband who is a Bitan. She came to Israel at the age of 15, with her parents, to a Ma՚abara (absorption camp), and from there moved to Shchuna Alef in Be'er Sheva.

General translation:

Julie tells about the folk belief in Ayin Hara (the evil eye). She claims that they did not fear Ayin Hara and did not use expressions like “ḥamsa” (a protection amulet). Only a few used these kinds of expressions.

General translation:

In El Oued (Souf), her mother used to make a living of grinding wheat. When they made Aliya, her mother continued to engage in grinding wheat and barley using a stone grinder, which was a very hard work.

Her father processed copper. He used to make copper coin ornaments. They were poor.

Dalia tells that her mother did not speak to her whilst she was grinding the wheat. Her father did not let her, because he feared sand might fly into the wheat.

General translation:

The mikve in El Oued (Souf) was located in the middle of the orchards and was built as a well with stairs. To reach this remote place, women would walk together. After dipping, they covered the well.

General translation:

At the first day of the Hebrew month, Nisan, they roast and grind wheat into flour. According to her, they had no ‘bsisa’ ceremony like the tradition in Tunisia.

In Passover they cleaned and koshered a special place for baking matzot. People used to arrive to bake the matzot. The matzot are baked in a Tabun oven. The matzot had holes. The women used to knead and roll dough and the men put in the Tabun oven.

At the Seventh day of Passover there was a blind man walking around the houses. They used to dress him in special clothes, sing to him and he would dance and at the end they would give him matzot.

General translation:

Every first day of a month they cooked a dish called “barkoksh”. It is a kind of a very thick couscous, in the size of rice grains. They processed the ground wheat with a sifter to make the barkoksh; ate it with thick soup that contains tomatoes, peppers, fūl and hummus beans. (she was asked if they added butter. She said no.)

Did they light a candle for Rosh Hodesh (first day of the month)?

Probably not. They kept on lighting candles on Shabbat, from Friday morning… they used kerosene burners. They also lit other candles on weekdays.