Tag: Pennsylvania Dutch

How is Raising a Barn Like Helping Your Friends Move?

By Stevie Miller

On October 9, 2017

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Someone needs to move house. They call up dozens of their closest friends, family members, coworkers, and far-flung acquaintances begging for help with the packing and transporting a lifetime’s possessions. Only a few brave souls show up, enticed by promises of pizza or beer, only to discover a half-packed house and a moving truck that’s at least two sizes too small...

Editorials

Preparing for the Wonnenacht

By Robert L. Schreiwer

On April 28, 2017

Wonnenacht is coming (sundown on Sunday, April 30), which starts the twelve-night Urglaawe observance of Wonnezeit (“Time of Joy”)! Here are ways that you can prepare for Holle’s ret

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5 Ways to Start Practicing Urglaawe Today

By Stevie Miller

On April 13, 2017

Eventually, our Heathenry has to leave our heads and go to our hands and hearts. In other words, it has to become something we do, not just something we think about. Whether you’re new to Urglaawe a

Fun With Eggs: Celebrating Oschdre

By Stevie Miller

In Barn Owl Broadside

On March 16, 2017

If you grew up in the United States, you’re doubtless familiar with a custom that our German immigrants brought to this country when they settled in Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century: coloring eggs for Easter. Did you ever wonder why in Germanic languages, like English, we refer to it as “Easter”, when other languages derive their words for this time from the word for “Passover”? (Hint: It’s got nothing to do with a certain Babylonian goddess, no offense intended to Her!)

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Making Your Own Butzemann

By Stevie Miller

On February 10, 2017

In the Urglaawe calendar, we’re currently experiencing Entschanning, or the emergence, a 12-day observance beginning with Grundsaudaag on February 2nd. We complete lots of tasks during Entschanning.

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The (Other) Most Wonderful Time of the Year

By Stevie Miller

On January 30, 2017

In just a few short days, we’ll be celebrating my favorite holiday in the entire Urglaawe calendar: Grundsaudaag. In English, that’s “Groundhog Day”. Believe it or not, the history behind this

Urglaawe: One of History’s Best-Kept Secrets

By Stevie Miller

In Barn Owl Broadside

On September 16, 2016

The Pennsylvania Dutch brought from their homeland traditions such as bright and colorful clothing, vividly painted Fraktur and hex signs, folk medicine, a system of magic, and the names and stories of the Germanic Gods and Goddesses. It is within this community that even the Norse runes were brought over and passed down into modern times.

Heathen Book Reviews

Book Review: “A Dictionary of Urglaawe Terminology”

By Katla Hase

On June 1, 2016

Title: A Dictionary of Urglaawe Terminology Author(s): Robert L. Schreiwer, Ammerili Eckhart Publisher: lulu.com Date Published: June 4, 2012 Language: English Cover: Paperback Pages: 112 When I c