This book discusses the customs and social life of the village of Spatharai on Samos, its linguistic dialect, and loanwords or counter-loanwords from foreign languages.
It also explores the origin and categories of surnames and place names, inscriptions on buildings, chapels, and icons, and attempts to date the image of Archangel Michael.
Information is included about the old community office, the musician Giannis Bafounis, the priest Ioannis Dimitriadis with his handwritten "recipes," and incidents involving the eccentric Pavlos Michaliou.
It also mentions trading customs as derived from an old commercial calendar, as well as information about the migration of villagers, transfers, and leasing of properties before, during the 1821 revolution, and the early years of the Hegemony.
Finally, there is a record of the Spatharai sailing ships with descriptions of their characteristics.
