Cseri Miklós - Horváth Anita - Szabó Zsuzsanna (szerk.): Discover Rural Hungary!, Guide (Szentendre, Hungarian Open Air Museum, 2007)

VII Southern Transdanubia - VII-8 Vineyard from Őcsény

kitchen with a vaulted chimney with a peephole into the neighbouring stable. The room is heated by a stone and furnished with simple hardwood furniture. A 26-meter long brick vaulted cellar opens from the mud walled press-house facing the home. Inside, the barrels are set on timbers on both sides. The press dates back to 1861. • Guarding the grapes in Sárköz In the weeks preceding the grape harvest girls of marriageable age moved out to the vineyard under the pretext of guarding the grapes from birds. They were not alone for long as young men followed them and merriment took over The girls went around the hill with rattles, singing, and the boys tried to seize the pretzels they had baked for the occasion from them. The tradition of guarding the grapes enabled young J f. | people to get acquainted and the pos- '^J sibility of courting. 101