Document Type
Correspondence
Files
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Date
3-27-1948
Keywords
Easter eggs, tallow, coloring, baking, Good Friday, Pennsylvania Dutch dialect
Description
In this typed letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, H. Wayne Gruber clarifies a method of coloring Easter eggs by boiling and dissolving "grab." He also explains a traditional Easter hunt he played as a child and lists some "Aldeweiva glawe" or "Old women beliefs."
Sender
H. Wayne Gruber
Recipient
Alfred L. Shoemaker
Corresponds to:
Packet 4-71
City
Reading, Pennsylvania
Language
English and Pennsylvania German
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Recommended Citation
Gruber, H. Wayne, "Letter From H. Wayne Gruber to Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 27, 1948" (1948). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 146.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/146
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