Susan Jurgelski Jul 24, 2006 Jul 24, 2006 Updated Sep 11, 2013 At long last, he and his fellow keepers of German culture in the Lancaster Liederkranz folk-dance group Alpenrose Schuhplattler ...

This kiss is part of both English and German folklore, which “indicate that whoever a person is with at midnight portends what type of luck they will have for the rest of the year,” says ...

These stories amount to wish fulfillment for people who want to believe stereotypes about German austerity, which may be a measure of the Grimms’ success. Their aim in collecting such folklore ...

German folklore held that storks found babies ("stork stones") in caves or marshes and brought them to households in a basket on their backs or in their beaks. The babies would then be given to ...