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Folktale About Rising Bread, June 30, 1939, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Folktale About Rising Bread, June 30, 1939, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
Handwritten notes recounting an informant's story about a Pennsylvania German baker with supernatural powers. When the baker was not present in the bake-shop, the dough would refuse to rise for his assistants.
Superstitions, Proverbs And Notes From The Dietrich Family, 1939, Unknown Author
Superstitions, Proverbs And Notes From The Dietrich Family, 1939, Unknown Author
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten set of notes documenting various stories and superstitions passed down within the Dietrich family, author unknown, dating from circa 1939. Within, the author documents a number of folk beliefs, riddles, proverbs, and anecdotal stories - many written in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.
Stories And Notes From The Dietrich Family, 1939, Unknown Author
Stories And Notes From The Dietrich Family, 1939, Unknown Author
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten set of notes documenting various stories passed down through the Dietrich family by an unknown author, dating from circa 1939. Within, the author details various tales involving early settlers and Native Americans, folk cures, hypnotism, a grandfather clock and a peddler of eyeglasses.