“Pennsylvania Dutch”, and other essays

About this eBook

Author

Gibbons, Phebe Earle, 1821-1893

Title

"Pennsylvania Dutch," and other essays

Credits

Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States

Subject

Pennsylvania -- Ethnic relations

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66277

Release Date

September 12, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.“PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.”
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.“PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.” (PROPERLY GERMAN.) — LANGUAGE. — RELIGION. — HISTORY OF A SECT. — POLITICS. — FESTIVALS. — WEDDINGS. — QUILTINGS. — “SINGINGS.” — FARMING. — FARMERS’ WIVES. — HOLIDAYS. — PUBLIC SCHOOLS. — MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
5. 5.AN AMISH MEETING. [7]
6. 6.SWISS EXILES.
7. 7.THE DUNKER LOVE-FEAST.
8. 8.EPHRATA.
9. 9.BETHLEHEM AND THE MORAVIANS. — FESTIVALS. — THE GRAVEYARD. — OLD RECOLLECTIONS. — OLD BUILDINGS. — MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS.
10. 10.SCHWENKFELDERS. — MEETING-HOUSE AND GRAVEYARD. — BOOKS. — HISTORY. — THE JOURNEY TO AMERICA. — THE ANNIVERSARY OR YEARLY MEETING. — CUSTOMS. — DOCTRINES.
11. 11.A FRIEND.
12. 12.COUSIN JEMIMA.
13. 13.THE MINERS OF SCRANTON.
14. 14.IRISH FARMERS.
15. 15.ENGLISH. — FARMS AND FARMERS. — THE CHURCH AND THE RECTOR. — DISSENTERS. — TAXES AND TITHES. — SCHOOLS. — MISCELLANEOUS. — PECULIARITIES OF SPEECH.
16. 16.APPENDIX. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DIALECT. — PROPER NAMES. — POLITICS. — YANKEES. — THRIFT. — CHARMS AND SUPERSTITIONS. — MEDICAL SUPERSTITIONS. — HOLIDAYS—EASTER. — HALLOWEEN. — THE PLAINER SECTS. — THE PEOPLE CONTRASTED. — MISCELLANEOUS.
17. 17.FOOTNOTES

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