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Planting, Seeding, Or Sowing And Harvesting On My Parent's Farm, In North Heidelberg Township, Berks County Pennsylvania From 1876 To 1893, H. Wayne Gruber
Planting, Seeding, Or Sowing And Harvesting On My Parent's Farm, In North Heidelberg Township, Berks County Pennsylvania From 1876 To 1893, H. Wayne Gruber
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed essay entitled, "Planting, Seeding, or Sowing and Harvesting On My Parent's Farm, In North Heidelberg Township, Berks County Pennsylvania", by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from January 1952. Within, Gruber recalls the agricultural practices his parents practiced in relation to the moon and star signs and details the methods of planting and harvesting corn, potatoes and grain.
Pennsylvania Dutch Rhyme On The Twelve Constellations, H. Wayne Gruber
Pennsylvania Dutch Rhyme On The Twelve Constellations, H. Wayne Gruber
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
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.
Letter From Daisie Wagner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 11, 1949, Daisie Wagner
Letter From Daisie Wagner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 11, 1949, Daisie Wagner
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Daisie Wagner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 11, 1949. Within, Wagner discusses her family's almanac and the figure of a man surrounded by the Zodiac signs that perplexed her as a child, along with providing an almanac rhyme in Pennsylvania-Dutch.
Letter From Mabel M. Nagle To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 5, 1948, Mabel M. Nagle
Letter From Mabel M. Nagle To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 5, 1948, Mabel M. Nagle
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Mabel M. Nagle addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 5, 1948. Within, Nagle provides two rhymes and an almanac Zodiac chart along with accompanying verses in Pennsylvania Dutch.
Letter From Lee A. Waerner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 26, 1948, Lee A. Waerner
Letter From Lee A. Waerner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 26, 1948, Lee A. Waerner
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Lee A. Waerner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 26, 1948. Within, Waerner writes to provide Shoemaker with a Pennsylvania-Dutch lullaby and a Zodiac rhyme he heard as a child.