B. Gál Edit – Veres Gábor szerk.: Agria 47. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2011)

Császi Irén: Népi játék, mint kulturális hagyomány - A forgóhinta hagyományos változatai

This paper provides an overview about names of carousel riding in Heves, its equipment and the related game modes. The basic type of carousel is constructed by a bar dug in the ground, with a horizontal plank or beam applicated to its top, usually using an iron nail. On both ends of the beam sit children, and two others rotate it. Based on the versions in Heves five types can be distinguished, which often utilized parts of a horse-drawn carriage: 1. the basic model described above. 2. a pole beaten into the ground with an attached horizontal rotating beam, or a rave, at the ends swingletrees fixed with rope. 3. Two rotatable rods nailed on a pole dug into the ground. At the ends of the rods ropes are fixed with sticks. 4. a wagon wheel with attached planks placed on a wagon axle beaten into the ground. Children could sit either on the end of the boards, or on seats hanging on ropes at the the ends. 5. one or two wagon wheels with one or two ladders attached were placed on a wagon axle dug into the ground. Children could sit on the rungs or on the rim. The spinning swing, with a variety of regional names, saved a fraction of our ancient beliefs. The 'ördög' (devil) as a component in a compound word e.g. ördögmotolla (Bélapátfalva), ördögszekér, ördögszeker (Tarnalelesz, Szilvásvárad and vicinity) implies associations with underworld beliefs and persons with supernatural power. According to the popular belief whirlwinds and whirlpools have negative forces: witches, devils are present. The most common names in our area feature 'kutya' (dog). Kutyaszán (Dog Sled) (Lőrinci) Kutyaköszörű (Sziicsi), Kutyásolás (Markaz), Kutyasutu (Csány, Markaz, Tarnabod, Gyöngyöshalász), Kutyabitó Tarnalelesz, Szentdomonkos). According to Hungarian folklore, ghosts, and witches appear in the guise of dogs, and the dog yowl is a death signal. Both the devil and the dog-type versions of the word can be traced back to belief-figures of the Palóc Land region, their characteristics, activities. In the folk beliefs giving such names to the spinning swing a fraction of the archaic world view could live on. Time and place of the spinning swing ride, descriptions of their creating and swinging texts reveal the local variations, based on which a formerly important community game can be reconstructed. 355