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 ...

"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 ...

The animal life I encountered while visiting Hexenkopf Ridge Preserve was, in a word, foreboding. First, there were the vultures circling overhead, a sign that something may have met its end ...

Hex murder, Seven Gates of Hell, powwowing... Sounds to me like it just needs a good moisturizer. The squonk is a true Pennsylvania original, and one I’d love to meet, but if you want to road ...

In the late 1880s, a mysterious creature haunted Clark Alley in York, disguising itself as a horse thief, a boy selling newspapers and even a bottle of beer. It was never caught, but what was it ...

But the two were seen happily powwowing with Block host Scott “Scotty” Cam before the event. Once formalities kicked off, Stanton quickly tackled one elephant early in a speech otherwise laden ...