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

25. BARN FROM BÁRSZENTMIHÁLYFA This huge three-part logbarn consisting of a 'szérű' (barn-floor) and two 'pajtafia' (parts of the barn) one on each side, has a hexagonal layout. With this building method, using short beams, builders were able to create bigger spaces; that's why the barn is hexagonal. The uneven beams, being unsuitable for houses, were used to build sheds and barns. Besides being a storage place, the threshing took place here as well. This work was done in the winter, when, after finishing the autumn tasks, people had more time for it. Here in Göcsej, it was done by hand, not with animal power. Normally 3 or 4 men were standing opposite each other with threshers in their hands and in turns they were rhythmically beating the spread out crop. Keeping the rhythm while working was essential in order to avoid clashing and breaking the threshers. 26. FARMHOUSE FROM CSÖDE The typical method of building up the crofts in this szeg-region was the erection of a partially enclosed house, built under a roof connected on three or four sides. The animal farming pursued in this region required this kind of layout because animals could not get out from the enclosed