Document Type
Correspondence
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Date
5-27-1949
Keywords
Pennsylvania Dutchman, Pennsylvania Dutch dialect, Catasauqua Township, rhymes, recipes, braucherie, powwowing
Description
A handwritten letter from Luella Kern Engelhart addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated May 27, 1949. Within, Engelhart provides Pennsylvania Dutch dialect rhymes told to her by her father along with a recipe.
Sender
Luella Kern Engelhart
Recipient
Alfred L. Shoemaker
Corresponds to:
Packet 373-1
City
Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
Transcription
May 27, 1949
Editors
The Pennsylvania Dutchman:
A variant, of your May nineteen rhymes and jingles, you want?
Here is my father’s version of one of them:
“Drivva drovva drauss
Schteedt en backaschteena hauss
Drei scheena bobba gucka rauss
Eeni schpinnt seide
Eeni flecht weida
Eeni macht en ruck
Far der Chonny Keesa-Buck
(My dialect spelling is poor - you will have to change it).
Many times my father healed a hurt with
Heeli, keeli, heebe dreck
Bis Marys frie is alles weck.
For rivvel supp, try butter, milk and cream, rivvels and lots of cinnamon!!!
Language
English and Pennsylvania German
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Recommended Citation
Engelhart, Luella Kern, "Letter From Luella Kern Engelhart to Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 27, 1949" (1949). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 289.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/289
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