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Contents

• Indian Readers and Healers by Prayer
• Bayard Taylor's Portrait of Pennsylvania Quakerism
• Gypsy Stories from the Swatara Valley
• Stump-Pulling
• Occult Tales from Union County
• Beekeeping and Bee Lore in Pennsylvania
• New Materials on the 18th Century Emigration from the Speyer State Archives
• The Snake-Bitten Dutchman
• Notes and Documents: A Letter to Germany (1806) ; Midwestern Diary of Joel Vale Garretson (1863-1864)
• Questionnaire on Hominy

Publication Date

Fall 1966

City

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Pennsylvania Folklife Society, Inc.

Keywords

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk medicine, healing by prayer, fortune tellers, advertisements, Indian readers, Bayard Taylor, Quakers, Kennett Square, Friends, The Story of Kennett, Delaware Valley, gypsy stories, gypsy tales, gypsy camps, stumps, stump puller, stump extractor, stump fences, occult lore, supernatural tales, J.E. Catherman, honeybee, beekeeping, bee lore, beehives, box hive, honey cookies, mead, recipes, genealogy, emigrants, Germany, tenant-farm system, Dutchman stereotypes, humor, scrapbook, Bertolet family, farmers, Freundschaft, travel diary, Joel Garretson, midwest, hominy, Indian corn

Language

English

Disciplines

American Art and Architecture | American Material Culture | American Studies | Christian Denominations and Sects | Cultural History | Ethnic Studies | Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts | Folklore | Genealogy | German Language and Literature | Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Religion | Linguistics | Social and Cultural Anthropology

Comments

EDITOR:

Dr. Don Yoder

Editor Emeritus: Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS:

Antiques: Dr. Earl F. Robacker

Cookery: Edna Eby Heller

Crafts: Olive G. Zehner

Design: LeRoy Gensler

Music: Dr. J. William Frey

Rights Statement

This publication is in copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ It may be used for educational purposes only.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 1

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