Agria 43. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2007)

Bereznai Zsuzsanna: Adatok az egri hóstyák népének vallási szokásaihoz (XX. század)

SAÁRYNÉ SZABÓ Márta 1986 Az egri hóstyák élete a két világháború között. Kézirat: ENA 2957-86. Eger. Zsuzsanna Bereznai Religious customs in the Eger Suburbs The Hungarian term hóstya derives from the Middle German Hochstadt, "upper town" or the Bavarian-Austrian Hofstaat (Latin: suburbia). In the context of Eger the term hóstya refers to the suburbs existing for the most part outside the town walls and ramparts. These new suburbs came into being from the eighteenth century onwards, appearing beside the roads leading up to Eger's four gateways (Hatvan, Maklár, Rác and Cifra). The inhabitants who lived in the Hatvan, Maklár, Rác and Cifra suburbs originally enjoyed the same rights as cottagers, while the right of ownership belonged to the bishop of Eger. This study deals with the religious customs of the people who lived in Eger's suburbs: the everyday devotion (prayers) and the traditions attached to the religious festivals (Christmas, Easter, Whitsun). Most of the material used in the study comes from the author's own ethnographic collection, which she assembled between 1983 and 1990 from interviewing the suburbs' older residents, as well as those who had lived there at one time or other. 301