Homely Memory of a Farmstead: Miodusy-Litwa Village Case

Based on interviews conducted in 2021 with Krystyna Kołakowska (a former – i.e. a half-century ago – inhabitant of the village of Miodusy-Litwa in Podlaskie Voivodeship), as well as archival photographs and hand-drawn sketches, her reminiscence of a homestead in this petty gentry village from half a century ago is presented. The interviewee recalled the construction of a rammed earthen house with walls reinforced with juniper brushwood. Memories of folk lore, home décor and other elements of past tradition were also noted. The aim of the article is therefore to preserve personal memories as a scholarly source that contributes to the knowledge of the space of the former village in north-eastern Poland.