Richard L T Orth: 1 book

Book cover of Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch

Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch

Witchcraft, Faith Healing and Related Practices

by Richard L.T. Orth
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018

For almost three centuries, the “Pennsylvania Dutch”—descended from German immigrants—have practiced white magic, known in their dialect as Braucherei (from the German “brauchen,” to use) or Powwowing. The tradition was brought by immigrants from the Rhineland and Switzerland in the 17th...
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