Agria 41. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2005)

Császi Irén: „Honvédhalmi Boldogasszony”. A tófalui szentkút szerepe a népi vallásosságban

JÁDI Ferenc-TÜSKÉS Gábor 1986 A népi vallásosság pszichopatológiája. Egy parasztasszony hasznosi látomásai. In: Tüskés Gábor „Mert ezt Isten hagyta..." Tanulmányok a népi vallásosság köréből 516-571. Budapest. LIMBACHER Gábor 1993 Mária-kápolnák és az öltöztetős Mária-szobrok kultusza Nógrádban. Néprajzi Értesítő LXXV. 181-205. PELLE Béláné 1975 Heves megye földrajzi nevei. II. A füzesabonyi járás. Budapest. SCHRÄM Ferenc 1974 A népének egy csoportjának kialakulása Magyarországon. Ethnographia LXXXV. 373-383. Irén Császi "The Blessed Virgin of Honvédhalom" The Rôle of the Holy Well in Tófalu in Popular Piety The cult of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands out among the traditions relating to local patronal festivals. The Blessed Virgin Mary is invoked in the legends, folk songs and miracles associated with the foundation of pilgrimage sites and the pictorial and sculptural depictions of the Virgin Mary which can be found at the places themselves. One particular local initiative led to the founding of the shrine dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of Honvédhalom (Soldiers' Mound) and the Honvédhalom or Tófalu Holy Well, We have written references to the sites dating from 1887, when Lajos Varga, a musician from Jászárokszállás, noted down the living oral traditions of the time. The site flourished between 1948 and 1975, at a time when the anticlericalism associated with the old regime was at its height. The study brings to light the causes which led to the creation of the shrine, one of the most important of which involved the troop movements which occured at Kápolna during the 1848-1849 War for Freedom. It was then the site got its name on account of the soldiers who camped, fought and died there. Accounts of the miracles and visions from the end of the 19th century also make reference to a pilgrimage place. Of all the pilgrimage hymns relating to the shrine the one that stands out is a 28-verse folk song surviving in manuscript form, reflecting the relationship existing between patriotism and religious practice. The rest of the 383