Kovács Zsuzsa: Göcsej Village Museum. Exhibition Guide (Zalaegerszeg, 2008)

EXHIBITION GUIDE Beside the house there are pigsties, hutches, smaller pantries, two stables and a huge 'szín' (a kind of shed). The museum's 'szelelőrosta' (special sifter) collection is here in this shed. There used to be one of these at each house but with increasing mechanization they became redundant, as the threshing machine did the 'szelelés' (using the draught) and also graded the seeds. In the 1950s and '60s many 'szelelőrosta' were out of use and hidden somewhere deep in the sheds or attics, and that is why the collection now has several examples. 27. HOUSE FROM FELSŐSZENTERZSÉBET This smoky house from Felsőszenterzsébet is the oldest house-type exhibited here in the museum. It had been rebuilt and supplied with a chimney, a room and windows when the survey was made. However, here its oldest form was restored in order to show the original 18th century construction. At that time houses had no rooms and no glazed windows, but only small holes in the log covered with slide plates. This plate was called 'tolitu', its narrow holes hardly let any light in, so the dwelling-kitchen was nearly always dark. The only heatable place in the house was the kitchen where people worked,