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Contents

• The Dialect Church Service in the Pennsylvania German Culture
• Witchcraft Belief in a Pennsylvania German Family
• German Settlement of Northern Chester County in the 18th Century
• Medical Practice in Philadelphia at the Time of the Yellow Fever Epidemic, 1793
• Folkloric Aspects of the Common Law in Western Pennsylvania, 1790-1799
• Runaway Advertisements: A Source for the Study of Working-Class Costume

Publication Date

Summer 1978

City

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Pennsylvania Folklife Society, Inc.

Keywords

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, dialect, language, church services, High German, Versammling, linguistics, witchcraft, Braucherei, powwowing, hexerei, Dauphin County, charms, Chester County, emigration, immigration, Germans, Philadelphia, Yellow Fever, folk medicine, remedies, Margaret Morris, Benjamin Rush, common law, advertisements, runaway notices, dress, costume, clothing

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

ASSISTANT EDITOR: Dr. William Parsons

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Dr. Mac E. Barrick, Dr. Henry Glassie, Dr. John A. Hostetler, Dr. David J. Hufford, Dr. Phil Jack, Dr. Hilda A. Kring, Dr. Earl F. Robacker, Dr. Alta Schrock

FOLK FESTIVAL DIRECTOR: Mark R. Eaby, Jr.

FOLK FESTIVAL PUBLIC RELATIONS: Peg Zecher

SUBSCRIPTIONS: Doris E. Stief

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. 27, No. 4

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