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

VII Southern Transdanubia - VII-1 House from Fadd

Because of the newborn baby the father slept in the parlour; the so-called 'clean room' which was richly furnished cornerwise with painted pieces and was not normally used. In the living-room an ornate sheet was hung above the bed to protect the mother and child from bewitching. In the room the stove (of a type originating from the Great Plains region) built together with the cooking range was heated from the closed system chimney in the kitchen. In the pantry there is an inflated duckneck stuffed with tasty meat. The family farmed 8 hectares of land producing grapes and Virginia tobacco. The wingwalled pigsty on the yard was transferred into the museum in one piece. Apart from this outbuilding, a barn, a toilet and a well can also be found here. • Godparents Close friends of the parents were chosen as godparents for children. However; until the end of the 19th century it was usual to choose a stranger for this honour and not one of the relatives. In Southern Transdanubia young girls sent wine, cake and eggs in a special dish, covered by a decorative homespun cloth to their friends on the Sunday ensuing Easter so as to confirm their friendship. 89