Comments on: love thursday: hearts in the hex

By: Chel

Chel — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:46:25 +0000

My late grandfather was Penns Dutch, too, and I remember those Hexes all over their house. Wish I still had one now.

Chel, if you really want one, I’m sure there are places online where you can find them; I also have my own large one at home that I bought after college–two unicorns with a heart in the middle

By: qualcosa di bello

qualcosa di bello — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:06:52 +0000

thanks for a journey back home!!!! qualcosa di bello's last blog post..i sure hope so.... Any time QdB:)

By: Kyla

Kyla — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:57:29 +0000

This is wonderful! I love the story behind the photos!

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Thanks Kyla

By: jen of a2eatwrite

jen of a2eatwrite — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:17:56 +0000

When I was 8 or so, we took a vacation to Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and I had a wonderful hex sign on my bedroom door for years and years. I still have a guide book that we picked up on the vacation and still remember the deliciousness of Shoofly Pie. It was one of my all-time favorite vacations. My grandmother was German and I came back spouting all kinds of “Pennsylvania Dutch” expressions and my Grandma got a laugh out of them, because, of course, she knew all of them, too.

We also used to say “outen the lights” all the time growing up. I think it was our way of holding on to that lovely trip.

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Yes! Outen the lights! Awesome Jen…and all this talk of shoofly pie is torturous!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:49:06 +0000

Hey Michelle, I have a tablecloth from my mom, who is Italian, from PA that looks very similar to your tee towel. I love that tablecloth. My mom is from a family of 10 – 8 married PA Dutch – 2 married Italians – my dad being one of the 2 Italians. We have great family reunions with lots of great Italian and German food.

Mmmm sounds great to me Sandy

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:14:24 +0000
That's a beautiful tea towel! My mother, too, was Pennsylvania Dutch stock, she grew up in Lancaster, PA and she loved her some sauerkraut, shoofly pie and lebanon bologna! Janet's last blog post..Snapshot: September 2008 Oh you're speaking my language now, Janet...talk about comfort food. Lebanon bologna sandwich with butter and mayo and a big ole glass of milk please! I have to make a shoofly pie one of these days...if only I could find molasses.

By: jmisgro

jmisgro — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:11:12 +0000

Speaking of the distlefink, I have a photo I will email you! P#2′s second grade field trip was to a wagonworks at the Hertitage center with a huge one in the front.
I still see the buggies around Bethel, which is closer to Lebanon county and when I go to Myerstown (in Lebabnon county).
Surprisingly, when we went to Cleveland this summer we saw some Amish at the Zoo! Must be the Amish that live in Ohio.

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Yes I know that Ohio also has a big Amish population. Looking forward to the photo

By: Aimee Eck

Aimee Eck — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:38:56 +0000

We are from a little town called Youngsville PA.My dad is German or “Pennsylvania Dutch” and my mom is Italian. What is surprising is that my Dad’s Mom never had any kind of hex signs in her house let alone any attempt to make any.She sure did have a house that smelled like sauerkraut though!
My Mom’s Mom used to make lots of these quilts.She is Italian or Scilian,thats still being debated,lol. (Mazzuca was her maiden name). She has made a quilt for every grandchild in the family and they all have some kind of hex sign incorporated..I thought I would share the irony here lol!

That is so funny Aimee! See, PA Dutch folk art is worldwide

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:27:02 +0000

I grew up about 40 minutes from the dutch country. Sometimes on a Saturday or on a day off, my mother and I go out that way for shopping. I love the chicken corn soup and whoopie pies! There is something so comforting about the PA Dutch cuisine. So basic and simple and good for the soul.

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Couldn’t agree more Jane; my mom has recently sent me some PA Dutch cookbooks, and I’m looking forward to sharing some recieps here

By: saretta

saretta — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:25:43 +0000

I have a few items of flatware passed down to me from my paternal grandmother that are very special to me. Her father was a Swedish glassblower, a master craftsman actually, and I have some items that he designed. It doesn’t really matter what the items or the heritage are, but having something that ties me to my family’s past makes me feel more at home in the present.

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What lovely remembrances! My mother’s uncle did a lot of woodwork, and I have a bowl and two candle holders that he made