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Schwiezerdeutsch Blappera - When Sick or Hurt

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 29, 2010 - 5:56pm

Note: Christine Purves writes about Swiss dialect words, phrases and stories, which relate to the history of this community. Her column is printed with permission by the Swiss Community Historical Society.

By Christine Habegger Purves

I never heard my grandmother use the word "rheumatism," but she came close. She would say, "I got some rheumatic fer shoor."

Or more specifically, "I ha jetszt es haxaschuss, und es duet mi viel rookveh." Literally this means, "I have a witch's shot and it gives me a big pain in the back."

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Swiss Community Historical Society exploring plans for the future

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 29, 2010 - 5:50pm

Note: This update on the Swiss Community Historical Society is reprinted from the society's recent newsletter.

By Phil Kingsley, president of the society

In the wake of the June 2010 Swiss Day the Society's Board has begun exploring some new directions and possibilities, and has reorganized some of its committee structure to support this.

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Bouncing off the wall

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2010 - 8:47pm

Saturday's fall festival had a real bounce to it. The Bluffton Baptist Church had a kid's activities area on Vine Street. One of the activities was this inflatable bouncing room.

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The man with the derby hat

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2010 - 5:05pm

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This could be your great-grandfather. Sorry to say, the young man from Bluffton is unidentified. Will Triplett took the portrait around 1900. The more you study the photo, the more things jump out at you. Check out our model's left hand, for example. Is that a pocket watch chain near his right hand?

Tish Triplett reprinted in 1990

From Roger Triplett collection.

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A Bluffton "Volunteer"

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2010 - 4:51pm

The Icon spotted this Tennessee "Volunteer" plate in a university parking lot. The plate holder makes this driver a true Bluffton Volunteer.

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Cookies just as the pumpkins leave the patch

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2010 - 12:36pm

Pumpkin cookies

1 cup shortening

1 cup granulated sugar

Mix together until creamy

1 cup pumpkin

1 egg

Mix into shortening-sugar combination

2 1/2 cups flour

2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix together and add to above combination

Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes

Frosting

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon margarine

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