According to Kolberg, the Kielce region was a part of the Cracow region, so while describing the villagers of the former, he used the material related to the latter: “When a peasant comes back from the city, he seldom misses a tavern. It attracts him like a magnet that has stronger forces than the peasant’s willpower. Even horses, taught by the habits of their owners, call in at every tavern”.
Kolberg described his trip to the Kielce region: “Between 1852-56, we collected a detailed description of wedding rituals along with songs and music from different parts of this province, especially from the vicinity of Chmielnik, Szydłowiec, Stopnica, Wiślica, Koszyce, Szkalmierz, Miechów, Skała, Olkusz, Pilica, Ogrodzieniec, Siewierz and Będzin”. In 1851, he visited the monastery in Święty Krzyż located on the Łysa Góra [Bald Mountain].