Kálmány Lajos - HAGYOMÁNYOK

HAGYOMÁNYOK is a collection of folk tales, songs and traditions gathered by Lajos Kálmány (1852–1919), a Hungarian folklorist and Catholic priest, from the southern Great Plain and the Temes region. The volume brings together historical and military songs, outlaw ballads, folk beliefs, and secular and religious legends of the rural population of the Szeged area.

Volume I contains fairy tales and various anecdotes, accompanied by Kálmány's explanations. Volume II gathers stories, traditions, beliefs, legends and instructive tales told by the storyteller Mihály Borbély.

This 210-page social science work from Nemzeti Örökség Kiadó is a reprint of the original 1904 edition. The 2022 edition is softcover with glued binding and measures 142 x 197 mm.