Karen thanks for my laugh of the morning loved the story Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Fox" <karenmfox@verizon.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Life on the Farm > Here's a story from when I was 7 years old that I hope will give you a > grin. > > Many Sundays, we would go and visit my father's Aunt Carrie on her > Tulpehocken Twp farm. At the time my brother was 3 years old and full of > energy. Aunt Carrie had free range chickens, ducks and geese (and > sometimes guinea fowl) that would often wander up into the yard and > orchard. I learned early on that geese were ornery and it hurt when they > would "flop" you with their wings and to avoid them. My brother however, > loved to run and chase the birds. > > For weeks he took a liking to a certain rooster and would try to "catch" > him to no avail. It was funny to watch. When my brother would stop and > rest, the rooster stopped and waited for him and they would start all > over. Then one day, the rooster decided enough was enough. My brother > started chasing the rooster and the rooster circled around and started > chasing him! My brother thought this was great fun - until the rooster > caught him and pecked him in the hiney! It didn't hurt him, but he did end > up with three little holes in his back jeans pocket. He was surprised and > ran into the house crying. He didn't want to go back outsde because the > rooster was on the porch, waiting for him. Finally my Dad shooed the > rooster back down to the chicken house. > > The next week we arrived at Aunt Carrie's and had a nice pot of homemade > chicken soup for lunch. Then my brother, who was so over the hiney peck > episode of the week before, went out to find "his" rooster. He couldn't > understand why the rooster was nowhere to be found and no one wanted to > tell him that that rooster was main part of his chicken soup lunch. So > they just told him that the rooster was probably off wandering somewhere. > And my brother quickly diverted his attention to happily playing with the > farm cats. > > We still to this day tease him about getting pecked in the hiney by the > rooster! > > Karen from Berks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just wanted to say I just now mixed the soft cream cheese with the green pepper Jelly and rolled it into a log then placed it in the Refrig.. WOW does it ever look pretty and I could not wait to have a bite.. Soooooo Good!!! I'll serve it tonight with some deer meat to my hubby and I know he will love it.. NOW I know what everyone is getting for Christmas this year in red, yellow or Green logs.. PEPPER JELLY & CREAM CHEESE!!! Thanks again for your great idea Barb :)

--- Barb wrote: > LOL Lynn you are a card.. LOL > Guess you would not make it in the old days..We used to hold the > chickens heads while Dad cut them off then we let the headless chicken run till it dropped.. LOL With 8 kids lined up we cleaned lots of chickens each of us with a certain job.. > NO WAY WILL I CLEAN A CHICKEN NOW!!!! Grocery stores are GREAT!! ****************************** I'm with Lynn! If I had lived in the "old" days or even on a farm, I would be a vegetarian and thin! My hubby can't understand how I can eat beef or chicken from the grocery store (I really don't think about where it came from!) but won't eat it fresh. He is still trying to get me to eat venison...either as burger, roast or jerky. If I know it was walking around just yesterday, I can't eat it!! tracy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222

Don't forget elderberry wine. The German word for elderberry is Holunderbeere. The wine is called Holunderwein from which came the PA-Dutch name Hullerwei'. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: "Don Churchfield" <dctrk@c2i2.com>; <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 9:53 AM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Elderberry Jelly/Jam/Syrup > We get that at the Mennonite market I go to a few little towns over. It > is DE-LI-CIOUS!!!!! And Elderberry anything is good for you, too. > My husband takes Sambucol (Elderberry Syrup) every single morning, and > being the sickly person he CAN be, he hasn't had a BAD cold ever since he > started this :o) > Lynn > > Don wrote: > Wow, I haven't had elderberry jelly in a long time! Mother used > to make it every year. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barb, Great! Any seasonal decoration adds a bit of fancy to this. Think pussy willows for Spring, daisies in Summer, colored leaves in Fall, even little jingle bells in Winter. Use your imagination. Pat ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

Hahaha!!! Yes, I found out about eating Mr. Bull, when I complimented "Grammom" Rothenberger on how good the meat was for dinner. I got sick, when she told me it was Mr. Bull :o( I didn't even want to ask about Mrs. Bull :o( Lynn Karen wrote: The next week we arrived at Aunt Carrie's and had a nice pot of homemade chicken soup for lunch. Then my brother, who was so over the hiney peck episode of the week before, went out to find "his" rooster. He couldn't understand why the rooster was nowhere to be found and no one wanted to tell him that that rooster was main part of his chicken soup lunch. So they just told him that the rooster was probably off wandering somewhere. And my brother quickly diverted his attention to happily playing with the farm cats.

Hi Judy; I didn't know there was an age restriction. What was the age for men and woman or was it the same? Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Connections to the famous > > In a message dated 8/13/2007 10:26:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, > dorner1065@aol.com writes: > > I missed this the first time around--what did Betsy Ross do to get > excommunicated? > > --Debra > > > > Debra- > > Betsy Ross was "disowned" when she married out of her faith and underage. > > Joan > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ooooooooo, punny, Debra!!!! LOL! Lynn Debra wrote of Betsy Ross: Huh.? So she was a rebel all along!? :o)

Huh.? So she was a rebel all along!? :o) --Debra -----Original Message----- From: JYoung6180@aol.com To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:28 am Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Connections to the famous In a message dated 8/13/2007 10:26:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, dorner1065@aol.com writes: I missed this the first time around--what did Betsy Ross do to get excommunicated? --Debra Debra- Betsy Ross was "disowned" when she married out of her faith and underage. Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Thanks for the date, Rick! Tying those stars with that date, gave me the date I needed for writing up the story of my neighbors and me going star gazing. Now all I have to do is get the year we went, from them, when we go visit them next week :o) You just learn about EVERYthing on this list !!! :o) Lynn Rick wrote: This event occurs every year around Aug. 11.

LOL!!!!!! I would watch the show ;o) Lynn Rick wrote: Hmmmmm. Richard Emlin Reed as the new Crocodile Hunter! Could be a big hit!

Here's a story from when I was 7 years old that I hope will give you a grin. Many Sundays, we would go and visit my father's Aunt Carrie on her Tulpehocken Twp farm. At the time my brother was 3 years old and full of energy. Aunt Carrie had free range chickens, ducks and geese (and sometimes guinea fowl) that would often wander up into the yard and orchard. I learned early on that geese were ornery and it hurt when they would "flop" you with their wings and to avoid them. My brother however, loved to run and chase the birds. For weeks he took a liking to a certain rooster and would try to "catch" him to no avail. It was funny to watch. When my brother would stop and rest, the rooster stopped and waited for him and they would start all over. Then one day, the rooster decided enough was enough. My brother started chasing the rooster and the rooster circled around and started chasing him! My brother thought this was great fun - until the rooster caught him and pecked him in the hiney! It didn't hurt him, but he did end up with three little holes in his back jeans pocket. He was surprised and ran into the house crying. He didn't want to go back outsde because the rooster was on the porch, waiting for him. Finally my Dad shooed the rooster back down to the chicken house. The next week we arrived at Aunt Carrie's and had a nice pot of homemade chicken soup for lunch. Then my brother, who was so over the hiney peck episode of the week before, went out to find "his" rooster. He couldn't understand why the rooster was nowhere to be found and no one wanted to tell him that that rooster was main part of his chicken soup lunch. So they just told him that the rooster was probably off wandering somewhere. And my brother quickly diverted his attention to happily playing with the farm cats. We still to this day tease him about getting pecked in the hiney by the rooster! Karen from Berks

Hah, and all these use to get the teacher upset if you used them: meese, bears, and deers :o) LOL!!!!! Wasn't it Dr. Seuss who wrote a book like this, having those cute pictures with each meese, moose, mouse, goose, etc? :o) Lynn Richard Emlin Reed: My Pop never hunted and neither did I. Uncle Charlie used to give my Mom a rabbit or two now and then, and, sometimes, a venison roast. She would do something to eliminate the "wild taste". Marinate it, I think. She used to refer to tallow; I just looked it up and, sure enough, there is tallow in a deer's fat. By the way, if a goose and a goose are geese; why aren't a moose and a moose meese? And if more than one bear are bears; why aren't more than one deer deers?

Awwwwww, Judy! Your story of the turtles just shows you how instinctively intelligent they are!!! and that animals DO have these feelings of love and care, that we've been talking about :o) Lynn Judy wrote: A while ago when one of my turtles got sick, another one kept pacing back and forth with a piece of food in its mouth and was trying to feed and nurse the sick one back to health. They have such amazing personalities. Last week Lucky was acting a bit sluggish, and the others took turns comforting him and lifting him to the surface of the water, for air and food. He is fine now. He is named Lucky because my friend's daughter saw him in a parking lot, about to get run over, (he was only a couple inches long) and she flagged down the driver and saved the poor little guy, knowing I would take care of him.

In a message dated 8/13/2007 10:26:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, dorner1065@aol.com writes: I missed this the first time around--what did Betsy Ross do to get excommunicated? --Debra Debra- Betsy Ross was "disowned" when she married out of her faith and underage. Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I have just been going through the messages for today, and wanted to let you know that if you type in ELIZABETH GRISCOM in the Yahoo Search Engine, or do a Google Search you will find quite a bit about her, and how the flag was made. She and her husband, John had a business that did upholstery, etc., and Betsy was a friend of Benjamin Franklin so it went from there. She actually had 3 husbands, and met my Claypool ancester when he delivered the news to her that her second husband, Ashburn, had died while in prison. John Claypool was her third husband, and they had children together...I believe all daughters. Happy hunting!! ...also, please type in William Tyndale and do a search and you will see how he translated the Bible from Latin to English....a very fascinating read!! And equally so for Rowland Taylor - some of our earlier matrys that gave us our Bible today as we know it, since King James apparently took almost all of William Tyndale's translation and put it into his printing. Please read the last words spoken by William Tyndale...they are noteworthy in that his words were one day fulfilled! There was also a Book of Common Prayers written by a member of the Tyndale family. I found it interesting that William Tyndale was martyred on October 6th., and the man that his sister, Margaret Tyndale married - Dr. Rowland Taylor, who was also martyred, was born on October 6th. Sheila in WV --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.

I missed this the first time around--what did Betsy Ross do to get excommunicated? --Debra <<Sheila wrote: One of my Claypools also married the daughter of Oliver Cromwell, and one married Elizabeth Griscom, aka Betsy Ross. She was excommunicated from The Quaker Church.>> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Hi Karen, I know they have it too built up now, where I use to live up on the hill, passed the Penwyn? Club (that men's club over that little bridge that leads to Mohnton). Well, right after that, if you take the very next right, it will take you to Park Terrace Apartments. I use to live up, up, up, and up :o) I was on the very top building, the top floor (there were only two floors to the apartment buildings), facing the tree nursery. That was my view from my livingroom window. Anyway, before they built all those houses going up on the right, you could see the stars very clearly up there. There weren't that many street lights at that time. But, sad to say, they built it up, and I'm sure those lights are shinning all the time, along with those motion lights that we are having more and more of around here. My friend, across the street and up two houses, has one of those very sensitive ones. It goes off everytime I walk out of my kitchen to check on things at night. Oh, those beautiful Dog Wood trees around St. Luke's EC church in Shillington? When my mom passed away, they used the money I donated to the church to buy those trees, and some other things they needed for the office inside. When you drive by, which I am sure you do, probably everyday, please let me know what they look like!! :o) I'm told they are really pretty at times!!! Thanks! Lynn Karen wrote: The light show we saw last night was due to a passing thunderstorm, so no meteor shower for me. I remember when I was a kid, my friends and I would all spawl out at the picnic table in the backyard watching the annual meteor shower. Some years it looked like the sky was falling and the end of the world was nigh! These days I live in the suburbs and even without the thunderstorm...if we would have had a clear cloudless new moon night, I still wouldn't have seen much. Most of the neighbors have motion security lights installed and most are at a setting so that they will turn on if a firefly flits by. Talk about light pollution!

When I was a kid a long time ago, my Gramma used to make elderberry wine. I was just a kid but all us kids were allowed a sip every now and again. I've tried to make it but it just doesn't come out the same. I make jelly and syrup when I can find the berries, Here they grow m mostly along the RR tracks a and get oily from the wheels on the rails. I wash them really good before juicing them and then let the juice set awhile. I use cotton cloth to skim any oil reside that my rise to the top. It's an extra effort but so worth it. This year I'm going to try to transplant so twigs down by the creek in my back yard...maybe it will work. Pat ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/

How interesting the connections you have to these people, Sheila!!! Somewhere we have connections to John Philip Sousa, and the Dorsey Brothers. I'm still digging for that information, but the family who has it, doesn't get into family research much, except they love it when I send what I find :o( Lynn Sheila wrote: We really never know what we will find in doing our genealogy search!! I have been intrigued with what I have found....I have The Tyndales and Taylors who were Protestants, and then the Radclyffes who were supportive of The Catholic Scottish Dynasty, and the Claypools who married into the family of Oliver Cromwell! All an interesting mix! And I must not foget the many Quakers in my family, among those, The Claypools. One of my Claypools also married the daughter of Oliver Cromwell, and one married Elizabeth Griscom, aka Betsy Ross. She was excommunicated from The Quaker Church.