Document Type
Notes
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Date
1950
Keywords
Amish, excommunication, Jim Crow, folktale, dinner table, religious customs
Description
A typed copy of an Amish folktale entitled, "A Wild Amishman", dating from circa 1950 and presumably recorded by Alfred Shoemaker. Within, the story is said to have occurred during 1900 and concerns the excommunication of a rebellious Amish man from his community.
Corresponds to:
Packet 295-8
Language
English
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Recommended Citation
Shoemaker, Alfred L., "A Wild Amishman" (1950). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 53.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/53
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