A handwritten letter from Elsie M. Smith addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 24, 1949. Within, Smith provides a list of beliefs, superstitions and old sayings that her grandmother used to talk about, including many related to weather, luck, animals, sewing and witchcraft.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/1023/thumbnail.jp

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Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents Alfred L. Shoemaker Pennsylvania German Folk Cultural Files 2-24-1949 Letter From Elsie M. Smith to Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 24, 1949 Elsie M. Smith Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents  Part of the American Material Culture Commons, Cultural History Commons, Folklore Commons, Linguistic Anthropology Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Smith, Elsie M., "Letter From Elsie M. Smith to Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 24, 1949" (1949). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 24. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/24 This Correspondence is brought to you for free and open access by the Alfred L. Shoemaker Pennsylvania German Folk Cultural Files at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact aprock@ursinus.edu. 7ep J I P 7 P^cn^ U ^ S L W ^ ^ ^ d i Z . - - ^ /VV^ C 3 - F ? N ^,£eK-_^ Vf=^4.0-S. J? 9 ^ c , A ^ <»-^-«UwS*jL 7 c c - ^ > N - * 0 PB>A*AA. O'^.^Jty esy<~^ <::-o—^ ^^^^-^^ « X t^^-^s^c^ y ^ : _ J 7 A . ' . rxAA / = i ^ x v X - e ^ y ^ ^yfrBu^ ^jL^<y-tx-XA^ )AJ^aaPJL^ V o x ^ C -erw—^ qo\^3S A A ^ . ^ ^ — >i«-.-a-<:3-.— < ~ A y c A A O r - u - < - ' ^ , x t x — g ^ u ' - w o V f c > ' o g & ' - O x - - Z 4 dL^e . - V — < ^ . < 2 - o o o - o - v ^ c ^ J ^ eA-^^<a„^L<>^ ^sfi-rf-^ < r x - A j e ^ Go, u - - ^ U = . u ^ ' - L ' i A ^ ^ X ^ ^ y \/UA^H^ G X ^ ^ IS>iy^y^AA^ CJUASUA^ Jr^ytZu-^ Y y y , , . - ^ ^ )xji£r-\i<<y ^ ^iOP, 1=PAAA^ . A A ^ A U C ^ • i l A . x X u . ^ . 1£OA£JIAOXX4L-J ) t ^ , y A A C L . •AAJlyAAy a X / ^ J ^ C _ fAUjU^KAAyjOxL^ . , d u . x c ' v ^ , J2AJMXL4^, c ^ X o x . ^ X - ^ - . i - = ^ y x ^ o ^ , . - ^ ^ - -l/v-/-"- a4LACJL. Xm XJU— \yLy^^^ -̂ -<_-<5i , A::JL X ^ f L.>-oe4 .^.^-^ ^ - ^ c iAb ^ - ^ s ^ ^ - , ^ ^ p y . ^ J y ^ - h 9 ^ i ^ - y i J q ẐL̂ /̂̂ cflt̂  ^ x ^ . / ^ - t . ̂ ^t?-£LoN^oX-j {^^^...gjL. T^ '^ * , ^s^-*^^tX^ ^^U'-^SLJ^ A^ / ( / 0-^l<:jL^ O-sy^, C>LAC ^Ay^ -A^C9XJ> y. o X X -7 - - - C J - > x . yAJ—S—etAC-e ; _ C x ~ x - X W ? £ u^U^p . Z Z X _ w j? — <OAA€i* Am t ^ - t 7 v ^ ^ ' 7 •XtX ^^^^^JL^ O^U.^ qLccyt^ y(Z^ JyZjyX.J^ iy.JUJ>)<yf^ y\y-yyf^ynryy<^ \X9i^ ^^*Y^ (/ ) J x . . A o - ^ . o X - ; 5 ^ C^Osy^y^X^^^ -^t^SL^ oU^^ ^4^^y^ U A ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^ A -^-y ^ <f yO C^y^^ p=Ay^ > ^ / X - X - - ^ yiyf^A^JL^ ^ X . X _ ^ , ^ u ^ ^ 2 ^ eCt.«x..xe.X;X, ,ytXL.^ -g -. 6/<>wx C—C> ^ i ! ^ c ^ u . ^ - U x a . t ; x A ^ A - . ' ( X o U . ^ x . - > e x ^ \ ^ ^ S ^ / y ^ y - ^ ^ ^ ^ A ^ ^ ^ ^ JU^XJUL p^ ^^Ly.^.^ Zs 

Letter From Elsie M. Smith to Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 24, 1949

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