Kepéné Bihar Mária - Lendvai Kepe Zoltán: Domonkosfai értékőrzők (Lendva, 2012)
Felhasznált irodalom
Gathering // in the Őrség From the rich folk culture of the Őrség, which has to this day retained many old and valued elements, we shall spend a little time examining the tradition of gathering from the natural surroundings. The population of the Őrség possess a, once highly valued, knowledge of their natural environment, from which stemmed their mastery of gathering, and their application to their own benefit of the bounty of the fields and forests. The forests not only provided them with wood for their fires, for building materials and for tool making, but also with acorns to fatten their pigs. In spring came wild forest strawberries followed by raspberries and blackberries, and in autumn came rosehips, from which they made jam. In late autumn they picked sloes after they had been nipped hoarfrost to release their sweetness and in August they gathered hazelnuts. Softened, dried rowanberries were chewed to cure diarrhoea. The corn salad which grew in the buckwheat and beet fields was eaten with a dressing of oil and vinegar, while wild sorrel was made into a sauce. In early spring kitchens would see the fresh young leaves of the piss-a-bed or dandelion. While looking at gathering we must not forget that it was also the source of the medicinal herbs used to treat the physical and spiritual problems of the population. György Zakál of Nemesnép, in the first monograph of the Őrség, referred to the population of the area as students of nature who had a good knowledge of the various herbs and roots, able to heal with them better than even the most famous doctors. In his monograph on the eating habits of the people of the Őrség, László Kardos mentions the use of the following medicinal herbs. A preparation of centaurium was especially good against stomach and belly aches and chamomile tea was drunk to treat 16
