Kecskés Péter (szerk.): Upper Tisza region (Regional Units of Open Air Museum. Szentendre, Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, 1980)

3. THE MUSEUM VILLAGE

tury when pig-rearing w#s increased, making use of the availability of acorns. The buildings might have originally been a granary, but today it has there compartments: one for fattening the pigs, one for the piglets, and another one for fattening („hizlaló") — („fiaztató") (3—7). Under the roof, at the end of the building, in a compartment open on the sides ("szin"), the cart and larger agricultural implements are kept, such as harrow and plough (111. 39.). The size of the stable („istálló") is a sign of the wealth of the farmer (3—2), and in this stable there is space for 20 animals. There was a place for oxen and also for the Bonyhád and Simmenthal breed of cows which gave abundant milk and could be sold for butchering. The „parade horses" of the farmer stood among the other horses in the horse-manger (111. 40 and 41.). The barn („csűr") at the end of the farmyard faces the larger gate leading towards the street (3—8). The interior of the barn is divided into three sections, by two rows of wooden posts mortised into the logs which are the base of the building. The „wreath"40. The stable from Sonkád 55