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Hex signs : myth and meaning in Pennsylvania Dutch barn stars by Patrick J. Donmoyer ; with a foreword by Don Yoder
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA GT 470 .D66 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donmoyer, Patrick J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hex signs--Pennsylvania.
- Hex signs.
- Barns--Decoration--Pennsylvania.
- Barns.
- Pennsylvania Dutch--Folklore.
- Pennsylvania Dutch.
- Pennsylvania--Folklore.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
- Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- 124 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 x 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Myth and meaning in Pennsylvania Dutch barn stars
- Place of Publication:
- Kutztown, Pa. : Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2013 (Morgantown, Pa. : Masthof Press)
- Contents:
- Stars of the Dutch Country
- Blumme & schtanne: a diversity of forms
- The myth of the hex sign
- Celestial symbolism in folk culture
- The ghost of a star
- Stars inside the barn: folk art graffiti
- The ritual culture of the Pennsylvania barn
- Milton Hill: the star painter
- The Claypoole legacy
- The future of Pennsylvania's stars.
- Notes:
- "Volume II of the annual publication series of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781601263841
- 1601263848
- OCLC:
- 857785963
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