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Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Amsel (“blackbird”).
Noun
Amschel f (plural Amschle, diminutive Amschelche)
- American robin, Turdus migratorius
1911, The Pennsylvania-German: A Popular Magazine of Biography, History, Genealogy, Folklore, Literature, Etc., volume 12, page 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1951, Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, volume 16, page 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.