Showing posts with label german heritage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label german heritage. Show all posts
Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Erl-King

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This is one of my very favorite poems. I can just imagine my German ancestors living in fear of the Erl-king. What better way to celebrate A...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Marked?

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It all began on that night so long ago. It was hot when it happened, it was sometime way down in the summertime. I remember it was about the...
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Monday, July 13, 2009

A Good Idea?

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I visited home over the 4th of July weekend, and while there I was struck with an idea. That idea was to walk a little of the North Mountain...
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Friday, May 1, 2009

Still Alive After All This Time

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While reading the 30 April 2009 issue of The Pendleton Times, my home county newspaper, I came across a news item from the Sugar Grove news ...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Christmastime in the Land of the Belsnickel

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Here is a story that I wrote about the Belsnickel. Please don't refer to him as Santa Claus, or else I'll have to go Belsnickel on y...
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Monday, December 1, 2008

A Week On The Mountain

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I’m back from the mountain. I had a pretty good time visiting my family, and traipsing around my old haunts. I even had time to get in a cou...
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Don't Forget To Grease Your Corners

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Back when I was growing up on the mountain, there was a great fear of witches getting into people's barns at Halloween. If a witch got i...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Superstitions

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Growing up on the mountain, superstitions played an important role in how we were raised. Some or most of these superstitions have been hand...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The Snallygaster

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Below is an essay written by my brother, Jason Burns, about the Snallygaster. I assisted Jason in researching this topic. I kept finding men...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Riddle Me This

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Okay, today I'm gonna try something new on the blog, and something I've seen work with fantastic results on the Granny Sue Blog. I...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

A Sunny Day in Autumn

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Theodor Kramer, German Poet (1897-1958) Give me to die some sunny day in autumn… Give me to die some sunny day in autumn- already raw and sh...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The Erl-King

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This is one of my very favorite poems. I can just imagine my German ancestors living in fear of the Erl-king. What better way to begin Oct...
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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Old Fon

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Germany Valley view from Rt. 33 North Mountain. My family were the original settlers of Germany Valley. You will probably recollect me talki...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Old House in the Woods

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Last weekend, while in for the 4th of July, a few of the family went berry picking in an area we called the flats. To tell you how flat it i...
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