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Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore
Author | : Elmer Lewis Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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In Days Gone by
Author | : Audrey Burie Kirchner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
This work explores the history, folklore and folk life of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and other Germans who settled in the state. The authors introduce readers to the history of this group, including their coming to the USA, family and home life, unique dialect, folk arts, beliefs and superstitions.
Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch
Author | : Richard L.T. Orth |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2018-02-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1476672261 |
For almost three centuries, the "Pennsylvania Dutch"--descended from German immigrants--have practiced white magic, known in their dialect as Braucherei (from the German "brauchen," to use) or Powwowing. The tradition was brought by immigrants from the Rhineland and Switzerland in the 17th and 18th centuries, when they settled in Pennsylvania and in other areas of what is now the eastern United States and Canada. Practitioners draw on folklore and tradition dating to the turn of the 19th century, when healers like Mountain Mary--canonized as a saint for her powers--arrived in the New World. The author, a member of the Pennsylvania Dutch community, describes in detail the practices, culture and history of faith healers and witches.
Amish Folk Tales and Other Stories of the Pennsylvania Dutch
Author | : C. Eugene Moore |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Amish |
ISBN | : 9780764338090 |
The Amish are people steeped in customs and traditions based on living a simple, quiet existence. Get to know Lancaster County's Amish through amusing and entertaining folk tales and legends. Seven stories highlight how the Amish and other Pennsylvania Dutch residents live; there's even a "true" ghost story for your enjoyment. Learn how John the Blacksmith foils the Devil, laugh at the shenanigans of Eilenshpiggel, read about the legends behind graven images, and enjoy the Pennsylvania German humor with stories about the Ephrata man and his tooth and the Devil-based stories from Lehigh County residents. Stories feature 30 images of furniture, quilts, Amish toys, and other items made by Pennsylvania German artisans, with text explaining their significance today.
Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
Author | : David W. Kriebel |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780271032139 |
Known in Pennsylvania Dutch as brauche or braucherei, the folk-healing practice of powwowing was thought to draw upon the power of God to heal all manner of physical and spiritual ills. Yet some people believed, and still believe today, that this power to heal came not from God, but from the devil. Controversy over powwowing came to a climax in 1929 with the York Hex Murder Trial, in which one powwower from York County, Pennsylvania, killed another powwower (who, he believed, had placed a hex on him). In Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch, David Kriebel examines the practice of powwowing in a scholarly light and shows that, contrary to popular belief, the practice of powwowing is still active today. Because powwowing lacks extensive scholarly documentation, David Kriebel&’s research is both a groundbreaking inquiry and a necessity for the scholar of Pennsylvania German history and culture. The fact that powwowing is still practiced may come as a surprise to some readers, but included in this book are the interviews Kriebel had with living powwowers during his seven years of fieldwork in southeastern and central Pennsylvania. Along with these interviews, Kriebel includes biographical sketches of seven living powwowers; descriptions of powwowing as it was practiced in years past, compared with the practice today; a discussion of the belief of powwowing as healing; and a discussion of the future, if any, of powwowing, and what it will take for powwowing to continue to survive.
Folk Tales of the Pennsylvania Dutch
Author | : William Woys Weaver |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2022-06-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780998707495 |
Pennsylvania Dutch
Author | : Richard E. Wentz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Wentz inrtoduces readers to this distinctive American people and their curious customs and provides insight into their spirituality and the workings of their unique and rapidly vanishing culture. A fascinating and noteworthy book that brings an exploration of folk religion and culture to a wide American readership.
Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival
Author | : Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Hex marks |
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