Document Type
Correspondence
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Date
2-1-1956
Keywords
alike, Helen Moser, Catholics, Bally Township, Pennsylvania Dutch sayings, dialect, funerals
Description
A handwritten letter from Helen Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 1, 1956. Within, Moser writes on a number of Pennsylvania-Dutch sayings, but asks Shoemaker, in particular, to not read one of them on his radio program as it is an insult to Catholics.
Sender
Helen Moser
Recipient
Alfred L. Shoemaker
Corresponds to:
Packet 410-38
City
Bally, Pennsylvania
Transcription
Feb. 1st 1956
P. O. Box 91
Bally, Penna.
Dear Friend,
So will ich ivver der Gotschalla dom bonda un ken nossa feese grea.
Gasundhide
von es ken kolt badite
Groose Dunk
mit der nose im brode shonk
This is something the old people used to make.
druf shlock grumbeera, un ob beiss warsht
de grumbeera sin gabockna grumbeera un de warsht sin stonga warsht.
Here is something I do not want you to say over the air as it is an insult to the Catholics and I know many in town listen to your program. I have a cousin that works for an undertaker and they have the Catholic Funerals here in Town, so when they have one He says The Priest will say "Unser kinkle layed me onner lide arie a-a-a-a-ah". And another man once said, "Unser kinkle area schmentz sin so lon ve onner lide arie a-a-a-a-ah."
Your Friend
Helen G. Moser
Bally
Language
English and Pennsylvania German
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Recommended Citation
Moser, Helen, "Letter From Helen Moser to Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 1, 1956" (1956). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 25.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/25
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