AMISH

A few characteristics are

• The Amish do not drive cars or motor-driven tractors.

• The Amish do not use telephones except for business.

• They share almost identical "dress" and are recognizable as a group.

• They are practical.

• They work very hard.

• They do what is necessary to do, with little to no complaining.

• They do not call attention to themselves.

• Family means everything.

• They do not use electricity in their homes.

• They live a simple, Christian life.

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shunning

deliberately avoiding; keeping away from

ere is some typical Amish vocabulary – explain all the words by looking them up in a dictionary (if you don’t know them)

baptize

kerosene

harvest

crops

laundry line

nonviolent

quaint

simple

elder

broad-rimmed

buggy

rumspringa

courting

Pennsylvania Dutch

pacifist

plain

Ordnung

righteous

suspenders

worship

unselfish

humble