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  2. Hex sign - Wikipedia

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    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. Fancy Dutch - Wikipedia

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    Many popularly associated characteristics of Pennsylvania Dutch culture, including spielwerk, hex signs, [5] and other aspects of Pennsylvania Dutch art, music, and folklore, are derived from the Fancy Dutch.

  4. Distelfink - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Barnstar - Wikipedia

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    On older buildings in the Pennsylvania Dutch area of the United States, it is still possible to find barnstar-like building adornments that are painted, rather than wooden or metal, known as hex signs.

  6. Fraktur (folk art) - Wikipedia

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    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]

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    Swelling, redness, pus or yellow drainage, increased pain, and warmth around the blister are signs it could be infected, Dr. Patel says. You may also get a fever. You should see a doctor if you ...

  8. Pennsylvania Dutch - Wikipedia

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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.

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