Document Type
Essay
Files
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Date
1948
Keywords
superstitions, fishing, whooping cough cures, death, folk cures, marriage
Description
A typed set of Pennsylvania German folk beliefs ("old women's beliefs" or "old wives' tales") by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from circa 1948. Included are cures for whooping cough and superstitions about fishing and death.
Corresponds to:
Packet 4-24
City
Reading, Pennsylvania
Language
English and Pennsylvania German
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Recommended Citation
Gruber, H. Wayne, "More Alte Weiver Glawe" (1948). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 264.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/264
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