enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Hex sign - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_sign

   Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, related to fraktur, found in the Fancy Dutch tradition in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. [1] Barn paintings, usually in the form of "stars in circles", began to appear on the landscape in the early 19th century and became widespread decades later when commercial ready-mixed paint became readily ...

3. Distelfink - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distelfink

   It frequently appears in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art. [2] It represents happiness and good fortune and the Pennsylvania German people, and is a common theme in hex signs and in fraktur. The word distelfink (literally 'thistle-finch') is (besides Stieglitz) the German name for the European goldfinch. [3]

4. Fraktur (folk art) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur_(folk_art)

   Fraktur is a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated folk art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch, named after the Fraktur script associated with it. Place of creation also includes Alsace, Switzerland, and Rhineland which are also contributed to the folk art. [1] Most Fraktur were created between 1740 and 1860. [2]

5. Fancy Dutch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_Dutch

   All the while, the Amish population has grown, especially in recent [when?] decades. Today most Pennsylvania Dutch speakers are Plain Dutch, whereas the Fancy Dutch have mostly assimilated into the larger Anglo-American ethnic culture of the United States and no longer present a distinct ethnic separateness.

6. Barnstar - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstar

   Some hex signs incorporate star shapes, while others may take the form of a rosette or contain pictures of birds and other animals. [ 7 ] The term barnstar has been applied to star-shaped anchor plates that are used for structural reinforcement, particularly on masonry buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries.

7. 55 thoughtful Easter quotes to inspire and uplift you - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/20-easter-quotes-inspire-uplift...

   Express your thoughts about the Easter holiday with these quotes and sayings, including Bible verses, words from religious leaders, and a funny joke or two. 55 thoughtful Easter quotes to inspire ...

8. Hex signs - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/?title=Hex_signs&redirect=no

   Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Hex signs

9. Amish youth experience a rite of passage called Rumspringa ...

   www.aol.com/people-wrong-rumspringa-amish-rite...

   The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...