In a message dated 2/25/2003 12:17:53 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have heard that the Amish, when house cleaning, will not clean mirrors because they do not want to see their image in them. Do you see a problem with using mirrors?
The Amish women do not have mirrors because it is considered idolotry. They also do not put faces on the childrens dolls. But the kids do have baby dolls that are gorgeous from Germany with faces. I had some Amish friends when I lived in DE and I never saw a doll in Amish dress with a face but the little girls carried around these German baby dolls all the time. I tried to buy one at the Amish bookstore but they were out of them. For some strange reason it never seemed to be a conflict to me. They asked us not to take pictures of them with the faces showing. I looked at it as a cultural thing. These people may have some strange beliefs but they didn't shove them on anyone else and really believed it so that was fine with me. My friend was a wonderful hostess and very kind to us "english": people. They had no electricity but had a phone in the basement for business purposes and a generator in the shop so they could use the copy machine etc. It was an interesting culture. Laura
