The Pennsylvania Dutch have a long tradition of folk medicine, also referred to as “braucherei” or powwowing. To many outside of the culture, those practices are perhaps best known because of a book ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Easter Bunny, as we know it, might have originated in Schuylkill County. Johann Conrad Gilbert ...

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The Easter Bunny as we know it might have originated in Schuylkill County. Johann Conrad Gilbert (1734-1812), is credited with drawing one of the first depictions of an Easter rabbit when he lived in ...

The Kutztown Folk Festival is now in its 65th year of celebrating Pennsylvania Dutch culture. Thousands of people from all over the world come out to see hundreds of artisans, food vendors, animals, ...

WAPWALLOPEN, Pa. — Not long after Ivan Hoyt graduated from college in 1972, his father handed him a few pieces of broken Masonite and a booklet. The hardboard launched his career, and the booklet ...

It was in her late 20s when Rachel Yoder realized she didn’t know much about her heritage. She yearned to feel connected to her roots, and for Yoder, art was a natural way to do so. “It was my ...

Latest issue consulted: Fall 2002. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN REVIEW : A JOURNAL AND NEWSLETTER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER AT KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY AND THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FOLK ...