Chapters: Religion. The Mennonites --The Amish --The Brethren, the Schwenkfelders, and other "plain people" -- The "Church people" -- The Moravians -- A hotbed of religions : Ephrata and other curious religious societies -- The past. The broad Atlantic -- White man, red man -- The French and Indian war -- The eve of the Revolution -- "Johnny Reb" -- By the sweat of their brow. The fat earth -- Forge and mill -- Wagon road, canal, and railroad -- The country and the people. The Dutch country -- A local habitation and a name -- Town and city -- Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief -- Folkways. Dialect -- The three R's -- Powwowing, Hexerei and other Pennsylvania knowledge -- Upcountry Dutch -- High jinks and divers capers -- Holiday -- The arts. Music -- "For fancy" -- Church, house, barn, and garden -- Furniture and other household gear -- Swan song -- Food and more food -- Round the year : a Pennsylvania Dutch calendar.
Die Ernsthafte Christenpflicht : Enthaltend schöne geistreiche Gebäter, womit fromme Christen-Herzen zu allen Zeiten und in allen Nöthen sich trösten können
Stock in trade : being an "inventory of the store in Litiz (Pennsylvania), taken from the 4th to 8th May, 1773," and some pertinent remarks regarding service to the American public
Pennsylvania Historical Association. Pennsylvania history studies, no. 1
Notes
Bibliography: p. 58-68.
Contents
Contents: Where did they come from -- Why did they come -- Who came -- Who are the Pennsylvania Germans? -- Prejudices of their English speaking neighbors -- Language problem -- Politically inactive -- Attitude toward education -- Pennsylvania Germans Firsts -- The role of Pennsylvania Germans in war -- The Kentucky Rifle -- Conestoga wagon -- Literature -- Music -- Art -- Love of color and decoration -- Barn signs -- Fraktur -- Pottery -- Painted household furniture -- Pennsylvanian folklore, superstitions, customs -- Pennsylvania German names
Summary
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