Document Type
Ephemera
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Date
1950
Keywords
almanac, rhyme, Pennsylvania Dutch, anatomy, Zodiac signs, John Gruber, Hagerstown, Mary Ann Schaeffer
Description
A clipping from John Gruber's Hagerstown almanac showing how the constellations correspond to parts of the human body and a childhood rhyme about the signs of the Zodiac recounted by H. Wayne Gruber. Gruber provides Pennsylvania Dutch translations for the star signs along with the rhyme his mother, Mary Ann Schaeffer, repeated to him as a child.
Sender
H. Wayne Gruber
Recipient
Alfred L. Shoemaker
Corresponds to:
Packet 4-73
City
Reading, Pennsylvania
Language
English and Pennsylvania German
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Recommended Citation
Gruber, H. Wayne, "Pennsylvania Dutch Rhyme on the Twelve Constellations" (1950). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 35.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/35
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Comments
Includes names for the signs of the Zodiac in English, Latin and Pennsylvania Dutch.