Beliefs and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans genealogy and The Desc

and The Desc

Moravian pyramids and putzes

The origins of Klinger's Church and Klingerstown are discussed as well as numerous photos of historic homes and gravesites

1985 reprint

Neversink was the southern boundary of Reading

Beliefs and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans genealogy and The DescMore than 2,000 beliefs and superstitions are included in both the Pennsylvania German language and the English translation. They are arranged here according to subjects such as childhood, marriage, omens, dogs and cats, moving, servants, milk and butter, trees, snakes, weather, moon, special days and seasons, horseshoes, freckles, warts, convulsions, and more. (242pp. hardcover. Center for Pennsylvania German Studies, 1995.)