Petercsák Tivadar: Várak és múzeumok - Studia Agriensia 29. (Eger, 2010)
Komlóska. Tájház
KOMLÓSKA, PEASANT COTTAGE The peasant cottage is situated in the middle of the Zemplén Hills in a village which has been inhabited by a Carpathian Ukrainian (Ruthenian) population since the 18th century. The decision to renovate and furnish the cottage was based mainly on its use of traditional building techniques and its archaic heating system. It was opened to the general public in 1980. Built along a valley the village's plots and dwellings lie perpendicular to the street. This particular cottage, built during the first half of the 19th century, is divided up in a manner characteristic of the very poorest dwellings; room, entrance hall, stable. The wooden-framed walls of the house have wattle and daub infill. The roof was covered in thatch. The room was divided into two clearly articulated parts. In the comer next to the entrance stands Hungary's last surviving kabolás oven, with a hearth built next to it. The smoke from the hearth and the oven made its way out of the cottage via a flue hanging over the oven openings. In the vicinity of the oven was a work area, where the women weaved and men mended their tools. The table standing in the comer opposite the oven was considered the most important element in the room, ahead of the benches that were used for both storage and seating purposes. To the right of this in the other comer stands a beautifully made up bed. In front of the main wall looking onto the street stands a chest of drawers for storing clothing, onto which glass and earthenware vessels and devotional objects were placed. The walls are decorated with a mirror, religious images, family photographs and plates. The back part of the entrance hall also doubled as a storage area, where a wooden cereal bin, a hand-mill and the utensils required for breadmaking were kept. In the stable leading off from the courtyard are all the implements needed for keeping and feeding animals. Underneath the eaves they placed the workbench, which every local man used to make the handles for their tools. 76
