Amschel

Pennsylvania German Etymology Compare de Amsel blackbird. Noun pdc noun f plural Amschle diminutive Amschelche American robin, Turdus migratorius species pdc 1911 The Pennsylvania-German: A Popular Magazine of Biography, History, Genealogy, Folklore, Literature, Etc. 12 245 Die Harrnhuter blosen en Marjelied, / Es rauscht mer des Lewe in alle Glied: / Mir peifen die Amschle in de Schwem, / Adje, Du Städel, mei Bethlehem. pdc 1951 Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 16 144 Die Maad nemmt die Wesch naus / Un legt sie schee uffs Graas, / Do kummt en gleenes Amschelche / Un beisst re in die Naas. The maid takes the laundry outside / and lays it out nicely on the grass, / here a tiny, little robin comes / and bites her in her nose.