Floating Islands (fwd)

[Vida Andrea]

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Kedves Kollegak,

termeszetesen en is dolgozom az alabbi kerdes megvalaszolasan, csak a
kerdes erdekessege miatt kuldom el a listara is. Meg hat, tobb szem tobbet
lat. :-)
Andi

Ime, a kerdes:

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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:23:07 EDT
From: ChetV at aol.com
To: vidaa at bibl.u-szeged.hu
Subject: Floating Islands

The second question is more difficult. In p. 74-5 of this book:

Balassa, Ivan, Lapok, falvak, emberek: Bodrogkoz (Budapest, 1975)

the author mentions some floating islands between the rivers Tisza and Bodr=
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that existed until the second half of the 19th century, and that were used=
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for pasturage.

This is really interesting, and I would like to learn more about these=20
floating islands, and the Hungarian practise of using floating islands for=
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pasturage. Do you have any ideas about how I might find information about=
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them? I have looked here for books about the history of Hungarian=20
agriculture, for example, but I have not been able to find anything. I woul=
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be very interested and grateful to hear any suggestions you might have!

Thanks again and best wishes,

Chet

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