ddl 
gedré’ta, wail si ’s net mit em shtemp”’! farda’wa hen wol’la. Bai, 
un shnits un knep, hen si 4 als fil mé" ges’si wi hait’sedaks. Obsht 
war als gediart’, und fil hen si 4 ai” gemacht far im win’ter tsa 
es'sa. 
Lad’warik par’tis hen si als im shpot’yor kat, wan di ep’’! tsaitich 
wa’ra un der sai’dir war shun gemacht’. Do hen si als dergan’sa dak 
ep’ 1 gshélt un im sai’dar gekocht’, un wi es no shir far’tich war, 
gée’gha O’wets, sin di bi’wa kum’ma tsa hel’fa, und wan al’les far’tich 
war hen si en dants kat. 
Alsimol’ hen si a’rik gemacht’, mit nan’ner rum nar’ra; und si 
hen als ksat das dro’wa in Le’cha coun’ti ’n par’ti mol di kats so 
geyakt’ hen das si ’s letsht in der kes’sel getshumt’ is. No, ‘wi ens 
gfrokt hot was si a’wer nau mit em lad’warik du® ken’ta, hot di alt 
ksat, ‘‘ Ai, mer shik’ka ’n e’wa noch Mach Tshonk’’’ [Mauch 
Chunk]. Si sa’gha dart hait noch, wan e’pas net gut is, das mer’s 
noch Mach Tshonk shik’ka sot. _ 
Di rél’/wée’gha un di efig’lisha sht’la mach’a en gros’ser un’nershit 
un’ich da lait, so das mer nim’mi so fil Daitsh hart wi drais‘ich yor 
tsarik’ ; un was noch bes’ser is, is das di 4l’ta 4w’ergla’wa shtar’ik 
aus gé’na. Di kin’ner lar’na was recht und not’wennich is, un hal’ta 
sich uf mit der tsait. 
PHONETICS. 
a as in father. ai as in aisle. 
4 as in hat. 
A as in law. 
e as e in bet. 
ai as oy in boy. 
tsh as ch in chip. 
gh as soft g, approaching the sound of ch 
é as a in ale. 
i asi in it. 
i as e in feel. 
o as u in hut. 
0 as o in pole. 
u as 00 in fout. 
ii as oo in fool. 
in ach, or Arabic xz, 
fig as in sing. 
> apostrophe indicates the elision of a 
sound. 
’ added to accented syllables. 
nthe superior 7 indicates that the pre- 
ceding vowel is to be nasalized. 
NOTE. 
Other papers by the present writer, relating tothe Pennsylvania Germans, were 
published in the Proceedings of this Society, Vol. xxvi, 1888, as follows: “ Gram- 
matic Notes and Vocabulary,” pp. 187-285; “ Folk-Medicine,” zéz¢., pp. 329- 
352. Also in the ournal of American Folk-Lore, Boston and New York, Vol. 
i, 1888, as follows: ‘‘ Folk-Lore,” pp. 125-135; Vol. ii, 1889, “ Folk-Lore,”’ pp. 
23-35; and zé7d., «* Tales and Proverbs,” pp. 191-202. 
