article is to show that the covered wagon, that originated in Lancaster County, is a Pennsylvania German product. Had it originated in or near Boston, NeW England's literary geniuses would have written volumes about this old freight-carrying vehicle, and had it had its home in the South (Old Virginny) its

Pennsylvania-German or Pennsylvania- Dutch. As these two designations are fre. quently used indiscriminately, and often lead to unpleasant disagree. ments among those who are related to the people so designated, or interested in their history and literature, it may perhaps be proper to devote a

intermingling of the Celtic, Cymric and Teutonic traditions and customs, these becoming engrafted upon each other until we have what in some cases may be called a strictly Pennsylvania folk-lore. The superstitions, or Aberglaube, of the early German settlers entered into all domestic actions and the duties of