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Tattytiara wrote:“Given so many Amish (my family and myself included) hate the sound of someone crunching” Now there’s something I’d never thought of as a cultural trait!Very astute observation, Tatty! That did have to slip out, didn’t it? I don’t know how widespread the dislike for crunching is among the Amish, but I can tell…

Botanist wrote:That’s interesting, Saloma. I’ve not heard of the superstitions regarding knives/scissors, birds, or thunder before, but all the others are familiar and I think very widespread. They are certainly common superstitions in Britain, and clearly not unique to the Amish. What intrigues me, though, is to ask how the concept of “luck” squares with…

Elin wrote: There are times when the modern world seems a bit too much that I think that perhaps one would have been better off amish or born in the past. But then I start thinking about all the hard work. electric stove within minutes. I am not one that needs a lot of of…

Anonymous wrote:Yes! I would love to have been born Amish. In fact, I think I might have been in a past life. When I was 18 yrs.old, I workrd at a daycare center a little boy was drawing a picture of an old man with a beard and a hat. I asked him to tell…

Anonymous wrote:  What are some of the “secrets” the Amish keep from outsiders? Does the “Pow Wow” type of healing really work? How did it get started? Has it ever been done on/to you? What are some of the confessions you heard made by other Amish in church? Were any of them strange?Who confessed more…

Karen wrote: When you were in the Amish, were you aware of the fascination the English had with the Amish? When you were around the English in a public setting, did you ever feel like you were a bit of a living museum (for lack of a better description)?It seems as though amish women, although given…

Deanna wrote: How do they deal with the issue of practically everyone being related? Deanna, this question deserves a longer answer, because it is quite complicated. In my opinion, the Amish are going to need to address this issue, because the gene pool is so very concentrated and becomes more so with each generation. It is…

Deanna wrote: I have so many questions. But I’ll ask two. I didn’t read the other questions (I’m in a bit of a hurry here) so I hope I don’t duplicate. How often do the Amish bathe? I would think that with no electricity, it would be difficult to have enough hot water to make it very…