"Powwowing is about the protective arts; it's about healing," says Noerpel. "There's this book that was created by John George Honan back in 1820, and in it has all these spells, if you will, these ...

“The superstitions had their roots in a folk medical practice called powwowing or braucherei, from the German brauchen meaning ‘to use,’” he wrote. “This healing system, brought over from the ...

Rehmeyer also practiced powwowing, or Braucherei, described by the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center as a Pennsylvania Dutch folk belief system consisting of rituals for the health and ...