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

II Upland Market Town - II-10 Craftsman's House from Gyöngyös

11-10 Craftsman's house from Gyöngyös I 'We took a little pagan, and have brought a Christian!' The inhabitants of a Gyöngyös building standing near the former Saint Elisabeth Hospital and . iff* (/I pf. Wf A A jt 4 a $SS§1 ¥ I the Baroque hunting-seat of the Orczy family are preparing for an important ceremony. In the Ushaped house two families were living in the early l880s. The first quarter was occupied by the house-owner; a wheelwright and wine-grower and his family. In the back part a highly skilled vine-dresser lived with his family, he belonged to the famous hoers of Gyöngyös. On the bed in the first room lies a pink silk christening blanket with a transparent embroidered small pillow cloth Jj beside. On the table wound up linen tied with a pink ribbon and a little wooden box can be found with a laced handkerchief and two small earrings inside. These objects are the christening gifts for a baby born in the neighbourhood. The young couple asked the affluent craftsman and his wife to be godparents. In their home everything emphasises the presence of the little child. Behind the big oven, in a cur-