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Over a period of many years, the story evolved that local Pennsylvania German farmers put colorful symbols called "hex signs" on their barns to keep the evil spirits away or to bring good luck. That at first seems to make sense in that the word "hex" means "witch" in German.
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www.amishnews.com/featurearticles/Storyofhexsigns.htm
www.amishnews.com/featurearticles/Storyofhexsigns.htm
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Hex sign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, related to Fraktur, found in the Fancy Dutch tradition in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Today some non-Pennsylvania Dutch people use the signs in a ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_sign
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The Pennsylvania Dutch Country Welcome Center - Shopping ... There are a number of businesses throughout the Pennsylvania Dutch Country that sell Hex Signs and related merchandise. Here is a listing of many of these businesses:
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www.padutch.com/hexsigns.shtml
www.padutch.com/hexsigns.shtml
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Zook's Family Crafts is perhaps best known as the home of Jacob Zook Original Hex Signs and related ware. Jacob Zook's signs are internationally recognized for their originality, beauty and superior quality. Zook's Family Crafts also features Amish dolls, weathervanes, lawn ornaments and PA Dutch hand-decorated ware.
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www.hexsigns.com/
www.hexsigns.com/
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Colonial Name Signs ... Homestead Signs ... Home Signs...
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www.hexsign.com/
www.hexsign.com/
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If you buy one of our Hex Signs here's how to care for it: These Hex Signs are not weather treated so please hang them inside your house or where rain or the weather can not damage them. Each Hex sign is painted with the loving care of the artist and in turn should be cared for by the owner.
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www.folkart.com/hex/make.htm
www.folkart.com/hex/make.htm
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All sketches are to give a person an idea of the general representation of the symbol found in most of my hex signs. With my hex signs, I use the symbols but usually embellish them, incorporating additional symbols within the symbols as is the case with most contemporary hex signs.
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www.folkart.com/hex/ramona/sketches.htm
www.folkart.com/hex/ramona/sketches.htm
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Pennsylvania Dutch; Hex Signs ... These designs would get the name Hex Signs in the 1920's. It appears that the name and the legend of Hex signs was due largely to two events. ... The single rosette is the most basic motif of hex signs and it is one of the most ancient designs in western culture. The rosette appears on...
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freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aferm/pennsy...
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aferm/pennsylvania/hex.htm
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www.hexsigns.org/
www.hexsigns.org/
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