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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 345869, member: 5833"]Must be like the German word for the bird. The image I posted is a good luck symbol of the 'Pennsylvania Dutch', who were really Deutsch, German, & painted these colorful symbols on their barns & houses. Checking Wiki, says also Swiss. When I was growing up, it was synonymous with Amish, who were, Wiki again informs me, along with some other Protestant sects who believed in living simply, just a fraction of those who came over.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were a linguistic group who spoke, says Wiki, Palatine German.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 345869, member: 5833"]Must be like the German word for the bird. The image I posted is a good luck symbol of the 'Pennsylvania Dutch', who were really Deutsch, German, & painted these colorful symbols on their barns & houses. Checking Wiki, says also Swiss. When I was growing up, it was synonymous with Amish, who were, Wiki again informs me, along with some other Protestant sects who believed in living simply, just a fraction of those who came over. They were a linguistic group who spoke, says Wiki, Palatine German.[/QUOTE]
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