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5/7/2009
3:37:32 pm EDT
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Some Pow-Wowing Cure In The Dutch Country
Author: Charlie Adams Jr Source: Boyertown Berk Montgomery News (PA)
Title: SOME POW-WOWING CURE IN THE DUTCH COUNTRY
Here in Pennsylvania Dutch country “pow-wowing” was very common in the old days. There was a definite procedure in seeking relief for ills and pains like mine.
I was told how it worked back when I was a kid: When my mom or grandmom couldn't cure the ills or pain with herbal remedies, tonics, mud plasters, ointments, salves or chicken soup, instead of calling a doctor, they sought the help of a powwow doctor.
The pow-wow practitioner knew many pow-wow cures. The whole neighborhood knew just who could cure what ailments.
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| Lame Humor Attempt? | May 9th. at 12:56:27 am EDT
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Urglaawer (19007, Pennsylvania) - Email Me
As a practicing Braucher's Apprentice in the Oley Freindschaft (guild) , I am viewing this article as a lame attempt at humor. The author is very well known in Berks County for his numerous ghost story publications.
It sounds like nothing else he has tried has worked, so perhaps he needs to meet the Guild (with an open mind) and let us take care of that problem!
The term pow-wow may also come from the Pennsylvania German pronunciation of the English word "power," but we prefer to use the term Braucherei. Braucherei works. It is time-tested. People don't pass traditions down from generation to generation through century after century if they don't work.
:)
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| I Too Came From A Pow-pow Background... | May 8th. at 5:12:22 pm EDT
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Amaranthus (Enola, Pennsylvania) - Email Me
... but did not fully understand what that meant until I discovered the pagan path ten years ago. My great-grandmother was a pow-pow healer, family stories about her skills are numerous. The unfortunate part is that the knowledge and skills were never passed down through the family and she died when I was only six. What a loss! But over the years I have tried to pick where she left off in my own way by embarking on a lifetime quest and journey for knowledge of plant medicines and other natural cures. I only hope I can do her proud some day.
You can take the girl out of Lebanon County, but the Green Witch in me is picking up the wand and running with it as best as I can for the future. Hopefully some day, I can find a teacher of this brand of "medicine" and truly pick up where she left off.
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| Hahh????? | May 7th. at 11:44:40 pm EDT
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nasionnaich (Stanchfield, Minnesota) - Email Me
The article starts off ok, bringing up the subject of "pow-wowing" in "Pennsylvania Dutch Country". But then it goes off on a tangent, unrelated to the original subject!
And even though the author does -- eventually -- return to his original subject (remember, it was "pow-wowing"?) , the article ends with a back-handed slap at "witch doctors" and hexing...a not-so-well disguised attack on Wicca and modern witch craft and/or holistic healing.
What else would you call it, other than an attack -- especially given the closing comment: "How do I find witches or sorcerers in the yellow pages? Just dial 1-555-hex-sign. Quack quack!"
--nasionnaich
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| I Was Told About Pow Wow Later In My Life. | May 7th. at 8:08:19 pm EDT
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Mitarth (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) - Email Me
After practicing Wicca for a number of years, I was told that my Great (Great?) Grandmother practiced pow wow. One night, when talking about relatives visiting us after they died with my mother and grandmother, my grandmother told stories of my grandfather being healed from bad burns from a local steel mill accident. She mentioned Cupping, flames and feathers being used to treat the burns to the point of no scaring.
Unfortunately the practice was not passed down in the family. I believe it had to do with some murders that where blamed on a pow wow practitioner's use of pow wow, but never proven.
When my grandmother told us the story, it got me thinking that healing might run in the family. I am highly empathic and have helped friends with different aches and pains over the years. I may not use the old pow wow technicians, but I do call on my ancestors to help with healing. I can only wonder if my great (great?) grandmother is helping me in her own way.
Blessings,
Mitarth
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