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Wassup Mennonites

September 6th, 2006 • Related • Filed Under

For days I´ve been seeing blond men in coveralls and women in bonnets around town. I had a feeling they were Mennonites! and the intetrnet has confirmed my suspicion. Though they mostly settled near Chihuaha http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/ in the 1920´s when concurrently Manitoba, Canada (those benign persecutors) started to impinge on their rights and William Randolph Hearst was expelled and left some tasty land up for grabs, some are here! selling their farm-type stuff in Merida

Further investigation is necessary, but so far I know this much: they make illegal, i.e., unpasteurized cheese; traditionally speak Plautdietsh – low German. Fast Fact: Homer Groening, the father of Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), spoke Plautdietsch as a child in Saskatchewan in the 1920s, but his son Matt never learned the language; and may have emigrated to the Yucatan from Belize in about 1958.

Curiouser and Curiouser, this place…

Hey kids! Take this quiz: :http://warwickriver.va.us.mennonite.net/menno-quiz.htm

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  1. Comment by Lauren on 6 September 2006:

    I got 4 correct but was denied access to the advanced level.

  2. Comment by maggie on 6 September 2006:

    I apparently know shit about Mennonites.

  3. Comment by your sister Sam on 9 September 2006:

    Little known fact: Your sister Liz and I are descended on our father’s side from Church of the Brethren German Americans, which is one teensy step from Mennonites, which is one teensy step from Amish. My great-grandmother still wore the Dixie cup hat and long skirts. See what you learn about your family on your blog?

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