Kovács Zsuzsa: Göcsej Village Museum. Exhibition Guide (Zalaegerszeg, 2008)

EXHIBITION GUIDE 16. 'FAVÁGÍTÓ' WOOD SHELTER This simple but useful construction was set up opposite the kitchen. Under this shelter there is a woodpile from which people chop firewood to have enough in the house for a few days. Here any further supply can be chopped. 17. 'BODONKLJT' SPECIAL WELL The well in the farmyard has an old piece of tree trunk as its rim. It was easy to find a dry oak tree trunk suitable for a well in Göcsej, for this area is rich in trees. The rim was made by cutting off the suitable bit they needed from the trunk. The wood was split in two, the inside was taken out or burned but the bark was left on. The two pieces were put into the well pit and the gap between them was filled with mud and moss. 18. PISTY FROM HAGYÁROSBÖRÖND This pigsty has three separate rooms and was built in the 19th century. Young pigs, sows and the fatstock were kept here separately. Every household had pigs as they provided meat and fat for the family throughout the year. Having no refrigeration at that time, meat was conserved by smoking, salting or by making into sausages. The fine meat was fried and kept in grease in a 'zsirosvindii' (a kind of container). Bacon and ham were salted and smoked. Meat was normally stored hung in the attic.