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

II Upland Market Town - II-11 House of Hoers from Mád

of hoers from Mád 11-11 Household I 'What are you going to do next week? We witl hoe with the help of God!' In the vineyard, hoeing with the special two-pronged hoe was the most common task. This is what the inhabitants of this shingled cotters house from Mád did for a living. The pre-19th century house, built from local stone with earthen floors and whitewashed walls has a room-kitchen-room-pantry Layout. The poor interior of the dwelling represents the way of life of a former smallholder family, who had been ruined by the vine-pest. After thorough research we know that the Klemencz and Kollár families bought the building in 1891. The Klemencz family built the separate, simple, small vaulted cellar in the yard. The family also owned small plots and vineyards, but after World War I they earned their living by hoeing and hired work, being forced to sell their land as they grew poorer and poorer The parents lived in the house with their children. The beds stand parallel to each other at the walls, which are decorated with images of saints, typical of Catholic homes. In the second half of the 20th century the first room was occupied by András Kollár while in the back room Teréz Kollár; his sister lived. Both were unmarried and the whole interior of the house remained