A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 28. (Békéscsaba, 2006)

Martyin Emília: Survivals of the popular curing traditions of the Romanians living in Hungary

Л népi gyógyítás emlékei a magyarországi románoknál interethnical relationships on the procedures of popular medicine is also mentioned in the study. The collected material presents the traditions concerning the origins, causes, symptoms and curing of the diseases and the instructions and actions concerning the process of curing. During the process of rational curing based on the knowledge left behind vegetable and animal material is used as well as other material, mechanical and surface treatment. The magical curing is an indirect form of curing that lacks the direct effect on the disease. These irrational methods are mostly used if the disease is caused by „rontás" (action aimed at causing harm to someone). The most often used methods in the magical curing are the folio wings: verbal pressure („ráolvasás" /magical rhymes and rythms/, swearing), sending away the disease by motion, curing by analogy, scaring the disease away, misleading it, locking it up, putting the disease on something, making the sick person touch something, spelling back. Among the indirect therapies of the Romanians living in Hungary the magical rhymes and rythms (that can easily be collected even these days) deserve special attention. We're going to mention 3 factors related to the procedure of using magical rhymes and rythms in curing: the person him/herself who scans the rythms, the procedure as joint of ritual methods and the text of the magical rhymes and rythms as products of folk poetry. The factors that play a very significant role in medicine - the person who cures, the place, time and devices of the procedure and the magic numbers - help strengthening the effectiveness of the popular curing. Martyin Emilia Erkel Ferenc Múzeum H-5700 Gyula, Kossuth и. 17. E-mail: erkelmuzeum@t-online. hu 187