A. Monroe Aurand, Jr. (1895–1956)

This is a slim pamphlet whose contents is described by its full title. Topics covered include childhood, have good luck --avoid bad luck, folk medicine and old superstitions, habits in dressing and sewing, weather forecasting, special days and seasons, cooking, baking and planting, care of the teeth, dreams and what they mean, witches and our own superstitions, getting a future husband, sex-lore and prenatal influences, death and how to circumvent it, omens about death and funerals, moving or flitting day, cattle deaths, lynching and witchcraft, and a brief bibliography. It appears to be a collection of oddments by a non-Amish observer.… (más)

This small booklet begins with a poem about "The Bundling Bag." Sections include: What Ideas Do You Hold Relative to Courting in Bed?; Bundling an Expedient Among Frugal People; Is Bundling "Bad" for Girls and Harmless for Boys?; Magazine Contributor Says Custom Still Prevails; Bundling in the New England States; Pennsylvania Offers Plenty of Evidence; Early Settlers devise Methods to Suit Convenience; Conclusive Evidence of Bundling Among the "Plain People;" Another Authentic Account of the Center-Board; Where Courting Really is Something Real; Some Scattered References to Bundling in America; Author's Friend Nearly Loses Trousers; The Candidate and the Maid Who Didn't Get to Bundle; The Poets Write About Bundling - Pro and Con. No Table of Contents. No index.… (más)

This small booklet begins with a "family tree" of the religious groups that broke from the Catholic Church - namely the Moravians, the Lutherans, the Anglican and the Reformed - to which is added the Mennonites. From the Mennonites, additional branches are shown, including the Amish. Sections of the booklet are entitled: These Odd Folf Called "Amish;" Quaintness of Hair Style and Dress Attract Attention; Amish in Mifflin County Accounted Leading Conservatives; Amish and Mennonites are World-Famed Agriculturalists; Religious Services are Held in their House and Barns; Bundling and Marriage Customs are Interesting and Unique; Funerals and Superstitions Attract Outside Interest; Temperance and Frugality are Two Outstanding Attributes; Woman's Place is in the Home and in the Harvest Fields; The German Language and "Dutch" Dialect Familiar to All; Historical Account of the Amish and the Mennonites; Amish-Mennonite Statistics; The True "Faith and Practice" of the Brethren, of "Dunkers." No Table of Contents. No index. Some photographs. Brief list of books about the Amish and Mennonites.… (más)