German and German-American Customs Traditions,

Origins of Holidays

Ground Hog Day, Febr. 2

Ground Hog Day, one more story

Valentine's Day

Karneval, Fasching, Fastnacht, feast before Lend

Palm Sunday, special for small children

Wir senden Ostergruesse

Osterspaziergang. Goethe, English Translation

Ostern, Easter, what are we celebrating?

Liesken un de Osterhas,

Der Osterhas macht sich bereit

Die Lerche stieg am Ostermorgen, Emanuel Geibel

Sprueche fuer Osterkarten,

Schuetzenfest, Sommerfest

Bauernhochzeit, Farmers wedding

Oktoberfest, Not a harvest festival, but a wed

Naturfreunde, Nature fiiends, Wandern,

Richtfest, Raising the Roof on a Building

Vienna Coffee Houses, Kaffee Klatsch

Allerseelen- Allerheiligen,

All Saints Day- All Souls Day

Allerheiligen, Besinnliche Geschichte fuer Vertriebene

Slaughterday, usually twice a year

Schlachtfest,

St. Martin's Day, November 11

St. Martin, one more story

St. Martins Lied

Drei St. Martins Lieder

Thanksgiving, History

Thanksgiving poems, Engjish

The Maibaum, story

Way of life in Westfalia, 1850s - 1950s