NEČKE OR KADUNJE, IN GOTSCHEER LANGUAGE »MAUTERLE«WERE USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.THE LARGE ONE MORE FOR BAKING OR DOUGH PREPARING, THE SMALLER ONE FOR GRAIN SEPARATION, FOR KNEADING OF SMALLER DOUGH PORTIONS, FOR BEARING BURDENS ETC. IN THE KOČEVJE REGION A NEW BORN BABY WAS LAID INTO »NEČKE« , IF THE FIRST CHILD WAS STILL IN THE CRADDLE.

IN THE KOČEVSKO REGION HOUSEWIVES USED WOODEN ROLLERS FOR A DOUGH, IN THE GOTTSCHEER LANGUAGE »NUDL BELGA« FOR MAKING FINE EGG NOODLES, BUTTER SWEET CAKE »POBOLICE OR STRUDEL«.TOGETHER WITH A PLANK FOR DOUGH ROLLING IN THE GOTTSCHEER LANGUAGE NUDL PRATT A ROLLER WAS AN INDISPENSABLE APPLIANCE OF KOČEVSKO COOKING WIVES.

 IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE CHAIR »ŠTOKRLE« PLAYS A ROLE ALSO IN THE STORY ABOUT THE SYMBOL OF SLOVENES- THE TOWER OF ALJAŽ. JAKOB ALJAŽ BOUGHT THE TOP OF TRIGLAV, THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN SLOVENIA. AFTER THAT HE INSTRUCTED THE TINPLATE MASTER ANTON BELEC TO DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND THREE »ŠTOKRLE«CHAIRS AND MEASURES ITS DIAMETER.THE HEIGHT OF THE HATCHES OR WINDOWS OF THE TOWER WERE DEFINED SO THAT THEY MEASURED THE HEIGHT FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE EYES WHEN SITTING ON A »ŠTOKRLE«. THESE MEASUREMENTS WERE LATER USED IN THE ALJAŽ TOWER PRODUCTION.TODAY IT STANDS ON THE TOP OF THE SLOVENIAN HIGHEST...

WOODEN CHESTS HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEICES OF FURNITURE UNTIL THE 20TH CENTURY IN ALL HOMESTEADS IN SLOVENIA. THEY WERE USED BY PEASANTS AS WELL AS THE BURGOIS.THEY KEPT IN THEM CLOTHES, TOOLS, GRAIN AND OTHER FIELD PRODUCE. PEOPLE SAT ON THEM OR EVEN USED THEM FOR SLEEPING INSTEAD OF A BED. SOME OF THEM HAD CHAMBER WALLS INSIDE AND DRAWERS, SOMETIMES EVEN A HIDDEN DRAWER FOR KEEPING PRECIOUS OBJECTS.