"Distributed to the members of the Pennsylvania German Society as a benefit of membership for the calendar year 2022"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Pennsylvania German dialect -- Early schools -- The good old days -- Almshouse -- Trolleys -- Town life -- Farming, threshing and farm life -- Amusements -- The blacksmith -- Funerals -- Gardening -- Soap making -- Butchering -- Union canal -- Picnic -- Robesonia Furnace -- Barn raising -- Chocolate making -- Recipes -- The Paw Paw tree -- Pow-wow and hexes -- Herbs and medicine -- Medicine show -- The Belsnickel -- Bull-banding -- Halloween -- Da Ewich Yeager -- Conrad Weiser -- Charming Forge -- Ghosts -- Sheetz tragedy -- Gypsies -- The ice man -- Reminiscences -- Baron Henry W. von Siegel -- The old country -- World War II -- Quilting -- Bee keeping -- Old buildings -- The tobacco industry -- Trains -- Water seeking -- The Lechners -- The almanac -- Lime kilns -- Toys and games -- Pottery -- Mailman -- Corn and husking bee -- Whiskey making -- South Mountain Sanitorium and resorts.
Summary:
"This book was written by elementary students from the Conrad Weiser School District located in Western Berks County, Pennsylvania. The students would look out the window at school and see the South Mountain and the mountain pass or the gap in the mountain which inspired them to write about the history of the area in which they were growing up. Their teacher, John Zug, was the inspiration and provided guidance to direct these students to write about their history. It is a true reflection of simpler times before social media and the internet in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch culture. We thank all of the children for their wonderful work"--Introduction.
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