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Home→Published 2016 → December

Monthly Archives: December 2016

‘Witch’ murdered in Pennsylvania Dutch country over hex

Posted on December 11, 2016 by visitpadutchcountry

Police at first labeled the murder as nothing more than the outcome of yet another “hillbilly mountain feud.” In Mummey’s … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania Dutch Culture, Schuylkill County | Tagged Albert Shinsky, Hexerei, Occult, Powwow, Ringtown, Susan Mummey, Witch of Ringtown Valley

The Old Order Mennonite Sect at Kutztown

Posted on December 11, 2016 by visitpadutchcountry

Today, about 136 Mennonite Plain Dutch families call the Kutztown area home, an increase of almost 40% in the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Berks County, Berks County Attractions, History, Mennonites, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania Dutch Culture, Religion | Tagged East Penn Valley Mennonites, Groffdale Mennonites, Kutztown, Old Order Mennonite, Wenger Mennonites

Book review: ‘Pennsylvania Dutch’

Posted on December 11, 2016 by visitpadutchcountry

By 1890, usage of Pennsylvania Dutch, a primarily oral language with roots in 18th-century German immigration to North America, reached … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania Dutch Culture | Tagged Mark L. Louden

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