Kurzeme Peasant's Homestead (Granary) / Kurzemes Zemnieka Sēta (Klēts)

Kurzeme Peasant's Homestead (Granary) / Kurzemes Zemnieka Sēta (Klēts)

Adorned with a porch, decorated pillars and doors the granary presents a building art monument typical for Kurzeme people.
In a grain granary there were storage containers for cereals, meat, honey, fat and other products, which were stored in jars and vats.
Clothing, fabric, canvas, cloth and yarns were stored in chests and cabinets of the clothes storage. In summer it also served for living.
When this granary was demolished, in its corners there were rowan cross and Swedish coin from 1730 1st era that was hacked into four pieces. People believed that dark spirits and thieves are afraid of the tree of light – the sign of rowan and juniper cross. The crosses drawn with the blood of rooster on the door were also believed to protect the building from the fire and envious eye.
Granary’s place of origin is Kuldīga, “Dižlīķi”; and it was built in ~ 1767. Re-erected in the museum in 1932.

Ar grezno lieveni, rotātiem stabiem un durvīm klēts ir raksturīgs Kurzemes tautas būvmākslas piemineklis.
Labības klētī ir apcirkņi labībai, tīnēs un vienkočos glabāja gaļu, medu, taukus un citus productus.
Drēbju klētī, pūra lādēs un skapjos glabājas apģerbi, audekli, vadmala, dzijas. Vasarās te arī dzīvoja.
Klēti nojaucot, pamatnīcas stūros (pakšos) atrada pīlādža krustiņu un zviedru 1730. g. 1 ēras monētu sacirstu četrās daļās. Cilvēki ticēja, ka tumsas gari un zagļi baidās no gaismas koku – pīlādža un kadiķa “krusta” zīmes (kadiķam sērmokšļam krustiņš ogu galiņā). Arī uz durvīm ar gaiļa asinīm uzvilktajiem krustiem vajadzēja pasargāt ēku no ugunsgrēka un skauģa acs.
Klēts bija atvesta no bijušas Kuldīgas apriņķa, Kuldīgas pagasta, "Dižlīķi"; uzcelta ~ 1767. gadā. Muzejā uzstādīta 1932. gadā.