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[Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>]

I've been thinking about Bev's 3;30 am post all day.  Maybe I'll respond in
the wee hours tonight : )

For what it's worth, the Mennonites were followers of a Dutch fellow, Menno
Simmons. Their group spread to Germany and the US.  Later, the Amish
followed some Swiss fellow,something Amman.  (He likely came out of
Zwingli's movement) Amman thought that the German plain people were somehow
or another going astray...the way most new religious groups come into being.

More than you wanted to know : )  IIRC, the practice of wearing a beard w/o
mustache came about as reaction against German practice of wearing mustache
w/o beard.

Cathy

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:15 PM, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:

>  * Note, I'm not as educated on the history of the Amish as you, I thought
> they considered themselves "German".  German history is filled with great
> warriors.  I don't know much about the Swiss ?  They ski, and make cheese
> and watches and chocalate; and guard the Pope, I don't really know if they
> have ever been dominant
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