Amish Corn Harvest From Above (Video)

ByErik Wesner August 19, 2020November 29, 2020

Here’s a simple video showing an Amish family harvesting corn row-by-row using a horse-drawn corn binder. Nice aerial scenes on a beautiful day. Rather than using a modern industrial-sized corn harvester, Amish family farmers harvest corn by this more laborious method. More than one pair of hands is needed which ensures it is a family task.

Corn will be soon coming down in Amish communities around the country, so I thought this video was timely. They (717 Drone Guys) even added some zippy corn-harvesting music. Enjoy.

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700 Amish & Mennonites Singing On A Cruise Ship (Video)

ByErik Wesner January 22, 2021February 9, 2021

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This is not your typical Amish singing video. What we see here is something called the Sail & Sing Christian Cruise. It’s a tour company based out of New Holland, PA. So what are Amish doing on a cruise ship, you might be wondering? For those who wish to visit Europe (or anywhere overseas), ship travel is the only option sanctioned by many Amish churches…

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Confident horse

ByErik Wesner February 9, 2012February 8, 2012

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Reader Roberta was having a look at the “Buggy Signs, Part Two” post from last year, and was inspired to send in a photo of a sign from her local area. Says Roberta: At first glance I thought that our buggy sign here in Newport (Herkimer County), New York, was just like the one in Michigan but then I noticed that the horse’s tail is…

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The ‘Amish House’ of Millersburg, Ohio

Byerik September 5, 2008January 7, 2011

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Amish people tend not to be too comfortable in the big institutional medical setting (come to think of it, who ever really is comfortable in a hospital? Shots, flourescent lighting, strange smelling hallways, poking and prodding doctors, ugh). This has influenced the Amish approach to obtaining medical services. Midwifery centers and home births are popular among the Amish, as are the services of country doctors…

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I need no mansion here below…

Byerik February 21, 2008May 1, 2020

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…is the title of the hymn we sang the other morning after breakfast at Abe’s. Abe and his wife Sarah like to sing a song and read a chapter from the Bible before starting the day. The Amish enjoy music. Last Wednesday, Daniel was out late at a singing at a neighbor’s. Amish men get together, usually once a week, to practice the high German…

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Amish-Raised Man Leaves Community, Becomes Doctor

ByErik Wesner July 13, 2022July 26, 2023

Albert Miller grew up as the son of an Amish church deacon in Holmes County, Ohio. He left his community at the age of 18, got his GED, attended Kent State University and eventually medical school, before becoming a doctor. He documents his journey in a new book: You Can’t Do That!: The Story of an Amish Deacon’s Son Who Left the Fold and Became…

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High German vs. Pennsylvania German In Conversation (Video)

ByErik Wesner July 24, 2017July 24, 2017

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How different are High German and the everyday language of the Amish*, Pennsylvania German (aka Pennsylvania Dutch)? In today’s video, a High German speaker converses with three Amish people – first Menno Petersheim of Shipshewana, IN, then Ivan and Ruth Chupp of Burr Oak, MI. You can see how well they are able to understand one another, and follow along thanks to the English subtitles. The…