Home›Open Questions›How much of the Braucherei charm repertoire descends from continental German folk practice and how much from the printed collections that followed it?Open QuestionsHow much of the Braucherei charm repertoire descends from continental German folk practice and how much from the printed collections that followed it?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "How much of the Braucherei charm repertoire descends from continental German folk practice and how much from the printed collections that followed it?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-much-of-the-braucherei-charm-repertoire-descends-from-continental-german-folk-practice-and-how-much-from-the-printed-collections-that-followed-it.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). How much of the Braucherei charm repertoire descends from continental German folk practice and how much from the printed collections that followed it?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-much-of-the-braucherei-charm-repertoire-descends-from-continental-german-folk-practice-and-how-much-from-the-printed-collections-that-followed-itCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-how-much-of-the-braucherei-charm-reperto, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {How much of the Braucherei charm repertoire descends from continental German folk practice and how much from the printed collections that followed it?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-much-of-the-braucherei-charm-repertoire-descends-from-continental-german-folk-practice-and-how-much-from-the-printed-collections-that-followed-it}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionBraucherei was carried to Pennsylvania by German-speaking migrants and was then given a printed form by Hohman in 1820 and by the collections that followed. Practitioners distinguish sharply between a charm received from a person and one read in a book, but the two streams have been running alongside each other for two centuries and the printed texts drew on oral material to begin with. Which direction any particular charm travelled is not generally recoverable from what has been recorded.What would resolve this Systematic comparison of the Pennsylvania repertoire against continental German charm collections of the same and earlier periods, in particular the Palatine and Rhineland material from which the migration came, tracing individual charm types rather than the collections as wholes. Manuscript charm books held privately in Pennsylvania German families, where access can be negotiated on the families' terms, would be the decisive evidence.OpenGerman folklore studies, Pennsylvania German studies and comparative charm scholarshipDavid W. Kriebel, Powwowing among the Pennsylvania Dutch: A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern WorldCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnThe Braucherei Charm Tradition, Incantations, Spells & Curses Well-attested Source Powwowing among the Pennsylvania Dutch: A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern WorldDavid W. Kriebeltier 1SourcesPowwowing among the Pennsylvania Dutch: A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern Worldtier 1David W. Kriebel, Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, 2007Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year