While much of the folk magic tradition of the Ozarks came from the Scots-Irish, by way of Appalachia, there is a link to Pennsylvania Dutch powwow.

There's a nonsensical incantation in Vance Randolph's 1947 book "Ozark Magic and Folklore." It goes, "Dullix, ix, ux, You ...

New Glarus didn’t earn its nickname “America’s Little Switzerland” by accident or clever marketing – the town was settled by Swiss immigrants in 1845 who apparently took one look at the verdant hills ...