In Amish life no other ritual has so much sustained emotional appeal as does participation in singing. — John A. Hostetler “Amish Society” From a plodding German hymn to a snappy Swiss yodel, singing ...

Amish singers filled the air with song Tuesday evening at the Nicholas Stoltzfus Homestead at 1700 Tulpehocken Road in Wyomissing. The participatory presentation, in which over 100 singers and guests ...

The Ausbund is the oldest Anabaptist hymnal and one of the oldest Christian songbooks still in use. The Amish men’s chorus that met at Lovina’s house last week sings from this book. There is a winter ...

The Nicholas Stoltzfus Homestead, 1700 Tulpehocken Road, Wyomissing, will host an Amish Hymn Sing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday that will feature an evening of songs and hymns in German and English, and ...

There is a winter weather advisory out this morning. It felt good to be in the warm house and hear the blowing wind from the inside. My husband Joe and son Joseph left for work. I’m sure the roads ...

Journal of American Folklore, the quarterly journal of the American Folklore Society since the Society's founding in 1888, publishes scholarly articles, essays, notes, and commentaries directed to a ...

Amish families kept to their homes Tuesday as they privately marked the anniversary of a schoolhouse attack that killed five girls a year ago. In keeping with Amish custom, no public observances were ...