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An alternative interpretation commonly found among laypeople and scholars alike is that the Dutch in Pennsylvania Dutch is an anglicization or "corruption" (folk-etymological re-interpretation) of the Pennsylvania German autonym deitsch, which in the Pennsylvania German language refers to the Pennsylvania Dutch or Germans in general.
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 ...
Anglo-Americans created the stereotypes of "the stubborn Dutchman" or "the dumb Dutchman", and made Pennsylvania Dutch the butt of ethnic jokes in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, though these stereotypes were never specific to the Plain Folk; most of the Pennsylvania Dutch people in those centuries were Church people. The prejudice is now ...
Pages in category "American people of Pennsylvania Dutch descent" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Pennsylvania Dutch people (3 C, 50 P) Pages in category "Pennsylvania Dutch culture" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
Additionally, some people personally believe that this orientation brings good fortune, regardless of cultural norms. [12] [13] [14] Historically, blacksmiths—a trade long associated with luck and protection—often hung horseshoes upside down as a symbol of their craft. A superstitious blacksmith and apprentice believe that the luck from the ...
American people of Pennsylvania Dutch descent (40 P) H. Hiester family (11 P) M. Muhlenberg family (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Pennsylvania Dutch people"