Madaras László – Szabó László – Tálas László szerk.: Tisicum - A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Múzeumok Évkönyve 8. (1993)

Novák László: Tradicionális kapcsolatok a Felvidék és az Alföld északi területei között

'Szabados Nagy Kőrös Várossá' Nem- kundlichen Bildforschung Komittee bei zetes főbírája Bakos Ambrus. Az SIEF/UNESCO. Miskolc. Arany János Múzeum Kismonográfia! Wellmann Imre 1989 Magyarország népességének 7. Nagykőrös. fejlődése a XVIII. században. In: Ma— 1990 Figurative Communication in Folk-Life. gyarország története 1686—1790. I. In: Bild-Kunde Volks-Kunde (Heraus- к. (szerk. Ember győző—Heckenast gegeben von Ernő Kunt). Beiträge der Gusztáv). Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest. III. Internationalen Tagung des VolksLÁSZLÓ NOVAK TRADITIONALC ONNECTIONS BETWEEN UPPER NORTHERN HUNGARY AND NORTHERN AREAS OF THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN Different geographical factors and elements formed a special and at the same time necessary connection of the mountains and the plain (highlands, lowlands). It can be seen in economy, trade and society, too. It different periods of history, in wars — even in the period under Turkish rule — involuntary migrations could be seen. In late 16 th с and in the beginning of the 18 th с in times of war people in significant number came to find shelter in the well organized, much safer market towns of the area between the rivers Tisza and Duna (The Three Towns, Halas, etc.) from South—West part of Transdanubia and different parts and counties of Northern Hungary. When Érsekújvár fell in 1663 great part of the population in the Plain in Northwestern Hungary moved to South, Kecskemét, Nagykőrös. Among them many noble families, too, (from Bars, Nyitra, Esztergom counties). Differences between the two geographical regions strengthened the economical and commercial connections. The valuable Plain fields, rich agricultural land attracted the population of the hills. People regularly came to work here from Northern counties of Hungary. They usually came in agricultural high season and did all kinds of work. They came in groups (palots, slovakians) and entered service as farm hands, they could harvest and mow. Slovakians did any other casual work settled down for a longer or shorter time in these towns. They worked for bricklayers and many times they did skilled work, too. According to archivalia they washed barrels, too. Slovakian girls and women entered service in houses as servants. They delat with mush-breaking and spinning, too. In these very puritan moraled country towns — Kecskemét, Nagykőrös — these Slovakian women left behind were not warmly received by local population because of their immoral way of life. Seasonal workers (casual workers) returned their homes after finishing their work here — with animals and corn. But of course many of them remained and settled down in the country towns by means of marriage — as the result of this workuconnections. Into the Protestant Nagykőrös lutherans and roman catholics came in this above mentioned way. One of the most important part of this connection system of this regional connection is trade, commerce. The Plain is poor in wood, different building materials. Commercial connections were formed necessarily. Originally it took place occasionally — by fairs, — then 381