Document Type
Essay
Files
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Date
5-1954
Keywords
Blue Mountain tea, North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Benneville Laub, molasses, doughnuts, Pennsylvania Dutch dialect
Description
In this typed essay from 1954 entitled, "Benjamin or Benneville Laub", H. Wayne Gruber recalls a local peddler of Blue Mountain tea he encountered as a youth in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Also included is a folktale in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.
Corresponds to:
Packet 4-102
City
Reading, Pennsylvania
Language
English and Pennsylvania German
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Recommended Citation
Gruber, H. Wayne, "Benjamin or Benneville Laub" (1954). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 262.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/262
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