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Folktale About Rising Bread, June 30, 1939, Alfred L. Shoemaker Jun 1939

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.


Cimbrian Language Sample Texts, Collected By Bruno Schweizer, Undated, Bruno Schweizer Jan 1939

Cimbrian Language Sample Texts, Collected By Bruno Schweizer, Undated, Bruno Schweizer

Bruno Schweizer

Sample texts of the Cimbrian langauge from Roana in the Seven Communities and Giazza in the Thirteen Communities, compiled and translated by Bruno Schweizer.


Stories And Notes From The Dietrich Family, 1939, Unknown Author Jan 1939

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.


Superstitions, Proverbs And Notes From The Dietrich Family, 1939, Unknown Author Jan 1939

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.