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

VII Southern Transdanubia - VII-11 House from Őcsény

VII-11 House, Őcsény In 1872 András Bálint and his brother-in-law, Pál Tóth renovated their mud-walled house and this is indicated by the coloured plaster-work and date on the front gable. The interior was also refurbished and the date can also be found on the tiled stove, the corner bench and the built-in cupboard in the parlour It is interesting that the parlour is • Single-child system Since the middle of the 19th century in the Protestant Ormánság and Sárköz of Southern Tranasdanubia it became customary for well-todo peasants to have only one child. The aim was to preserve the familys land and wealth and not to divide among several heirs. However this failed to take into account the fact that this led to a drastic reduction of manpower and new, poorer inhabitants had to move into the villages to till the soil. 104