Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1931-02-26
HUNGARY THE LAND
OF THE MACYARS
By CATHERINE owsLEY

During thu day the village very quiet indeed It is only when
the workers M out to the fields and when they that
with life and enyeoped in dusty haze Each morning
sunup fhrong armed with ythe
toward the fields which designated by
rather than fences and present to the pattern
and reetangls Next village
herd and They the cottages
collected all A ocks and driving them spend day
grazing the falow lands Their the evening
Upon reaching the confines of the village
horn the cowhd blows his and the gooeherd likewise
each cottage thrown open pigs the
break rank and scung down the many
and much kissing each to into his
been known TINT stupid he mstook his
that Of another
All day long peasant in the fields poughing with
primitive plows drawn by very very gorned oxen
sort of buffaloand Hungarian specially sowing grain
ing it, Those who their usually hard enough
time making both ends meet and have therefore, money
with which buy their grain for them
f course their method much picturesque
in long rfyhmicay moving yellow grain with
broad vigorous of the scyes they looked like many
flowers swayna in gentle breeze Behind the
women with forks who bind the conveyed
by of the village they thrshed by
hand await the arrival of treng machine owned
by the county and it's Often returning after
trip done up to the teeth in helmets goggles be-
cause OF the dusty roads, would these with
topheay load As the approach wave his
arms ranticaly signal for stop he had cambeed
Gown AMI got good the horses head slowly
passed ne would mue all of mpecations fist
at u.s. From this that he the modern
automobile blessing must say that motoring
BY who refuses bulge pigs like to
PIT their speed against and tearing refusing
TO e you pass But the they sanfuy step aside
and deliberately stick their tongues hiss at YOU as Won mass
The villages do not have newspaper of their but
distributed in very ccacous There exists person
known the town crer if have pums for
announcement to make him call him your
and for consideration he his hat his
sticks and sales forth station himself advan
points throughout the village when
crowd has collected makes his The number of
times he the performance depends you have
paid him. Another curious custom that of tong
the death of resident of the village Each in
and the richer the deceased toed
the bill being footed by his relatives may be poor
and i'll able to the the memory departed
knsman must be honoured After listening mournu sound
for eight hours as did began wish had
net been quite worthy that the bell would swing hinges
On Sunday the his little wooden chest wherein
lies his best costume homesun nen embroidered by hand the
most brilliant of coors also his high black leather boots This
lasts life only Sundays holidays
That of each village differs either Of the headdess the
color Of tn" embroidery perhaps the length of the skirt and
the big county fairs tell from which village
peasant halls thought would be able
stomach red pink yellow green and blue side side
rather all mixed up together Perhaps
took for granted in it's natural setting At the colours do
much to brighten the rather drab landscape Of the village
girls wealth
beads which she her peoats
which blow underneath her give her
somewhat the profile bell prances
very peated white home
spun nen shirt the material with full plead
cooed apron with embroidered border which
and his head he amusing between derby
top hat of green felt in the band Of which tucked bunch Of
flowers eecy plume Of heather On Sunday afternoons
Of the village centered the tavern sound
singing and dancing by gypsy
tra When asks girl to Dance she approaches
places her hands his shoulders while he puts his
waist During the first few they balance slowly
back and forth but the dance the give
to faster until the dancers wrlng frenzied
presto beating the floor noly with their certain that
takes special constitution keep this up
and yet the music IS such that it impossible
have said that the music furnished gypses They
wandering nomadc people with occupation although