Th e subject of the present study considers some aspects of the material culture from Fughiu village. Th e research was done in the fi eld and in the State Archives of Oradea, revealing a huge documentary material, but also valuable ideas stored in the collective mind of the villagers of Fughiu village, in memory of those silent of history who remained captive to orality. In the fi rst part of our study, we illustrated the main occupations of the village, agriculture and animal husbandry, as we found them in documents, but also how they emerged from interviews with villagers. In the second part, we exemplifi ed the secondary occupations, respectively the household craft s.