39. Waterjug. Water is a basic necessity for life, that meant a cardinal problem in Tihany without wells. „The girls liked to run away to the countryside to escape having to carry the water. Up until 1925 the drinking water was brought from lake Balaton in basins, jars balanced on their heads or buckets carried on the shoulder in all seasons. The well-to-do could afford to bring the water in barrels on wagons, while who could not afford it bough the water by the can from Péter Bercsik, twenty denier each. He went around with his two-wheeled cart pulled by Szikra donkey and sold water from the barrels.” – recalled Aunt Lidi.