A Herman Ottó Múzeum Évkönyve 19. (1980)

DOBROSSY István–FÜGEDI Márta: A kenderfeldolgozás törő és rostpuhító eljárásainak munkaeszközei és terminológiái Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megyében

A KENDERFELDOLGOZÁS TÖRŐ ÉS ROSTPUHÍTÓ ELJÁRÁSAI BORSOD MEGYÉBEN 269 just like the attraction territories of the breaking mills (map 16). The attraction territory of a larger mill contained 6-8 settlements. The whole county could be devided according to these mills. It is interesting that the place of harl softening mills is occupied by edifices of different type in the Bodrogköz villages where, at the same time, the name of the hemp rubber (kenderdörzsölő) is known (fig. 19). This tool has contacts towards the Great Plain as it ovidently takes the place of the mills on plainy areas. A similarly interesting territory is county Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén if we consider the distribution of tools and methods of harl softening. Some methods can be dated back to the time of occupation of the country (896), appearing in hemp processing from the leather culture of the time. Thus appears the simple chemical method of retting and fermentation of the harl in brany water. The stamping with feet and treading on the harl is characteristic feature in North-Hungary. Putting hemp in the bed and softening with the warmth of the human body and breaking with its weight is also an ancient habit inherited from the leather culture. These methods are not characteristic of a given territory, they occur sporadically (fig. 20). The authors mention that hemp procession has preserved several archaic methods and tools. The registering of the names of tools and terminologies of the working processes on maps is suitable for gaining new data and informations about different ethnographic groups and also for discovering connections and influences of the nationalities. István Dobrossy-Márta Fügedi