The World War I affected the life of thousands of men from the region of Kysuce (north-western Slovakia) whowere fighting and dying at the Russian, Serbian and Italian fronts. However, the war marked also the life in the hinterland areas. It influenced the life of individual families and their social situation, it influenced the formation of new cultural tradition to a certain extent too. The aim of the text is to point out the influence of the World War I on the inhabitants of Kysuce. It explains some selected aspects of the life of the 71st infantry members at the front; it focuses on military diet and food supply, speaks about their hygienic conditions and accommodation as well as about the life background in the hinterland areas. It briefly mentions the rebellion in Kragujevac, which ended in the execution of 44 participants, including 8 people from the region of Kysuce.
Tinkering as a peddling job and sale developed in the northern part of the Trenčín Region (Upper Váh Area and Kysuce) and later in several villages in the northern part of Spiš. As a specific (non-farming) job of a group of male population, tinkering is a phenomenon that significantly influenced traditional culture in the above-mentioned regions. The affiliation with the tinker´s
socio-professional group was expressed not only by the itinerant livelihood, but it also was transferred to social activities and common personal contacts. The tinkers differed from peasants through their world view, peculiar morality, value guidance, but mainly through their experience and more real view of the world. They featured good dexterity in communication with authorities due to the obligation to arrange for documents which were necessary for them to be allowed to operate tinkering in the Czechoslovak Republic. Labour migration also affected incomes, possibilities of catering, dressing, habitation, and hygiene of itinerant tinkers. The essay explains these facts in relation to the tinkers from Kysuce, who migrated for work to Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia between world wars.