At one time in the Lehigh Valley, many people spoke the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. There were sections of the paper devoted to the dialect, and speakers gathered at Versommlings and Grundsau Lodsch ...

In these days of online and AI learning, the Dutch Brainwash course is decidedly (and purposefully) old school. Here’s why ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On any Amish homestead, after labor’s last push and a check for 10 fingers and 10 toes, family members have heard one of two things for centuries. “Sis en Bu” or “Sis en Maedel.” ...

Many people falsely assume Pennsylvania Dutch was historically spoken only by Old Order Amish and Mennonites, said Bradley K. Smith, archivist and associate director of the Berks History Center.

Lillian Geisler, a native of Millersville, Pennsylvania, graduated in 1936 from Millersville State Teachers College where her father was the chef at the college’s dining hall. When she accepted a ...