A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 20. - Száz éve alakult a Békéscsabai Múzeum-Egyesület (Békéscsaba, 1999)

Mazán Mátyás: Soapcooking, washing, get tidied up

Szappanfőzés, mosás, tisztálkodás Gyulán Get tidied up : Not so long ago the washing up coused trouble. The daily washing up occured in the kitchen basin, they washed their hands and faces. The teethbrushing was unknown. The whole family used one towel and one hand-towel. Children were started to school with clean hands. When people worked on fields during the day, they couldn't wash hands before lunch. Evening the younger washed also legs, elder washed them not every day. From top to toe family had washing up only on Saturday evening. They warmed the water in a big pot, they used the washing-trough carried into the room. Childrens' hair was washed every week, adults' seldom. The big girl washed herself on every day searching the suitable time and place for it. Only small babies was washed every day, they were washed first by midwife. Shaving is a special part of men's washing. They shaved theirselfs in two days, elder only once a week on Sunday morning. They cut off bristle from their face by razor, the place of razor was mostly on balk. By our days washing methods changed so highly, that folklore topic could be collected only with difficulties. (Translated by Schaferné Веке Katalin) 267